Re: [PATCH] git-instaweb: fix mod_perl detection for apache2

From: Mark A Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Aug 15, 2009, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <3300D840-9BAB-4233-B949-6A5B300CD9A8@mailservices.uwaterloo.ca>
In-Reply-To: <m3iqgwoxq7.fsf@localhost.localdomain>

Does this means it may be taken off the menu in the not too distant future or deprecated?

-- Mark A Rada (ferrous26) marada@uwaterloo.ca

On 10-Aug-09, at 4:55 AM, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Mark A Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> The script was looking for something that matched the '^our $gitbin'
>>> regex, which no longer exists in gitweb.cgi.
>>>
>>> Now it looks for 'MOD_PERL', which should be on the line that checks
>>> to see if the script is running in a mod_perl environment.
>>
>> Thanks.  That sounds like an ancient bug that in turn perhaps  
>> suggests
>> nobody uses instaweb.  Will apply to 'maint'..
>
> Hmmm... taking a peek at current "Git User's Survey 2009" results
> http://www.survs.com/shareResults?survey=2PIMZGU0&rndm=678J66QRA2
>
> 11. What Git interfaces, implementations, frontends and tools do you
>    use?
>
>    git-instaweb  	3%  	77 / 2712
>
> 16. How often do you use the following forms of git commands or extra
>    git tools?
>
>    git instaweb
>      never:     1983 - 79%
>      rarely:     208 -  8%
>      sometimes:   50 -  2% 	
>      often:        9 -  0% 	
>
>    Total respondents  	 2506
>
> -- 
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
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