From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:46:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] instaweb: if no httpd is specified and lighttpd doesn't exist, fall back on apache2.
Message-ID: <7vlk2g4tue.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <5C50F5DC-CAE4-4BF2-BCAA-8CFC8CC43C59@gmail.com>

nathan spindel <nathans@gmail.com> writes:

> I am apathetic about which web servers are preferred, I would just
> like to see git-instaweb work well on Mac OS X.  Kevin Ballard's
> suggestion was to fall back on apache2.
>
> We could also modify the default to use [lighttpd, webrick, apache2]
> in that order (whichever is available). Would the community prefer
> that approach?

I think apache is the most well known and widely used among the three, and
find Kevin's suggestion sensible.