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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Randy Terbush <ra...@zyzzyva.com> on 1996/04/23 02:59:28 UTC
Re: removal of cgi-bin and cgi-src
>
> Folks, we have a problem. We do not consider the code we distribute in
> the cgi-src and cgi-bin directories as supported Apache code. This has
> not been a conscious decision, but more a reflection of the fact that
> very few of us actually use it or care about it. Yet, it is being
> bundled with our software, and when there is a security warning or
> problem with the software, the chinese wall inside our heads is not
> relevant. So, I propose that we remove the cgi-bin and cgi-src
> directories - optionally, we can add a text file pointing to the more
> common CGI resources out there. There are only three files we have added
> to the cgi-src directory - animate.c (a server-push CGI script), count.c
> (a server-side counter) and random.c (a random-URL generator). Those
> could either be packaged separately or pointed at elsewhere.
>
> Other opinions?
>
> Brian
All of this stuff is of questionable importance to the server project.
Certainly not important enough to get drug through the mud over.
I would vote to axe it and blame it's absence on the lawyers of the
world...
Laura may have suggestions later about some basic scripts to
check out server functionality.