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Re: bug with gitweb on kernel.org

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JJ.H. <warthog19@eaglescrag.net>
Date
Apr 24, 2007, 01:06 UTC
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On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 03:06 +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> J.H. wrote:
> 
> > Well the only difference in the pages being served is the mime type
> > application/html vs. application/xhtml+xml.  Does anyone know the
> > original impetus to using application/xhtml+xml (despite the fact that
> > it's technically the correct choice) vs. just using application/html for
> > everything?  I'm sure there was a good reason behind it and I'd rather
> > know what that reason was before I got changing things
> 
> The idea was to serve application/xhtml+xml to browsers which _explicitely_
> support it. But coupled with the fact that gitweb on kernel.org is modified
> gitweb with caching, and it looks like it caches also HTTP headers...
> I think simplest solution would be to remove complication, and always serve
> text/html (at least for kernel.org gitweb with caching modifications).
>

It's either that or store only the data not the headers and deal with the headers on each request - but that might have other unintended consequences I haven't thought of yet. Anyway I think your right - short term solution if nothing else is serve out text/html and look more closely at the problem when I rebase.

- John 'Warthog9' Hawley
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  1. Nicolas PitreApr 20, 2007
  2. J.H.Apr 23, 2007
  3. Nicolas PitreApr 23, 2007
  4. J.H.Apr 23, 2007
  5. H. Peter AnvinApr 24, 2007
  6. H. Peter AnvinApr 24, 2007
  7. Johan HerlandApr 24, 2007
  8. Jakub NarebskiApr 24, 2007
  9. J.H.Apr 24, 2007
  10. Johan HerlandApr 24, 2007
  11. Johan HerlandApr 24, 2007
  12. J.H.Apr 24, 2007
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