DO NOT REPLY [Bug 23902] New: - Add .dmg to application/octet-stream in mime.types

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Add .dmg to application/octet-stream in mime.types

           Summary: Add .dmg to application/octet-stream in mime.types
           Product: Apache httpd-1.3
           Version: HEAD
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
        ReportedBy: lordpixel@mac.com


Please consider altering the application/octet-stream configuration in
mime.types to:

application/octet-stream	bin dms lha lzh exe class so dll dmg

"dmg" files are Apple Disk Images. This is the prefered application packaging
format for all Mac OS X application distributions. Presently Apache defaults to
serving these files with the mime type text/plain, which causes browsers to
display these binary files in the browser window instead of prompting to save to
disk. Server administrators that need to serve these files have to manualy add
dmg to their configurations, and those whose sites are hosted by third parties
have all the hassle of trying to change the config of a server they don't
control (though I appreciate an AddType directive in .htaccess is a partial
solution).

This issue annoys millions of Mac users, it would be great to see dmg added to
the default Apache setup.

Should I open a seperate bug against httpd 2.0 or is this enough to get the
issue looked at for both? I can make patches if it would help, but it seems like
overkill for such a trivial issue - just let me know.

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