and Container

[Brian Akins <ba...@web.turner.com>]

Any thoughts about having two new config containers like these?

<Host > and <HostMatch >

Only apply config when ap_get_server_name(r) matches the directive. 
This could go after we walk the location.

I have some hacks in some modules where the same Virtual server answers 
for multiple names but must act slightly different for some of them.


<Type > and <TypeMatch >

Only apply when r->content_type matches.  This can be done, sort of, now 
but it is very awkward.

Any thoughts?  I can do a patch if anyone thinks it will be worth the 
time.  Otherwise, I'll keep my my own hacks in my modules.

-- 
Brian Akins
Lead Systems Engineer
CNN Internet Technologies

Re: and Container

[Brian Akins <ba...@web.turner.com>]

Paul Querna wrote:

> Hmm. Less sure about this one.  It seems like it overlaps with other 
> things like AddOutputFilterbyType, but, it might be a better way to 
> handle it anyways:
> 
> <Type application/xml>
>   AddOutputFilter XSLT;DEFLATE
>   TransformOptions +ApacheFS
> </Type>


I have cases where I need to apply some directive to all text files. 
Currently I have to do it this way:

<FilesMatch "\.(htm|html|txt|)>
	Blah On
</FilesMatch>

and it would be easier to do this:

<TypeMatch text/(html|plain)>
	Blah On
</TypesMatch>


It seems trivial, but I do have some more complicated cases that I 
currently have to hack up my modules to do this.


-- 
Brian Akins
Lead Systems Engineer
CNN Internet Technologies

Re: and Container

[Paul Querna <ch...@force-elite.com>]

Brian Akins wrote:
> Any thoughts about having two new config containers like these?
> 
> <Host > and <HostMatch >
> 
> Only apply config when ap_get_server_name(r) matches the directive. This 
> could go after we walk the location.

+1, in concept.

I just was looking at the ap_get_server_name() function, and I didn't 
like how it behaves when UseConicalName is 'on'.  It currently will 
return 'r->server->server_hostname'.  This makes it hard for a dynamic 
vhosting module to set it per-request.  If we copied the 
r->server->server_hostname into r->hostname when the request was 
created, then modules could easily override r->hostname.


> I have some hacks in some modules where the same Virtual server answers 
> for multiple names but must act slightly different for some of them.
> 
> 
> <Type > and <TypeMatch >
> 

Hmm. Less sure about this one.  It seems like it overlaps with other 
things like AddOutputFilterbyType, but, it might be a better way to 
handle it anyways:

<Type application/xml>
   AddOutputFilter XSLT;DEFLATE
   TransformOptions +ApacheFS
</Type>

I am already sort of liking it...

-Paul