On Nov 15, 2007 3:23 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:
> David Glasser wrote:
> > On Nov 15, 2007 12:08 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:
> >> Stefan Küng wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> The attached patch removes the fixed user-agent strings used in the svn
> >>> library and replaces them with a define. That way, svn clients can set
> >>> that define to a custom user-agent string when compiling the library.
> >>>
> >>> If the client does not define a custom user-agent string, a default
> >>> ("SVN/") is used (the same as before).
> >> Stefan, are you aware of the fact that mod_dav_svn actually pays attention
> >> the User-Agent header, specifically searching for those which begin with
> >> "SVN/"? This is used in the LOCK handling code and, I think, the GET
> >> response handler, too.
> >
> > How about adding a parenthesized identifier, like web browsers do?
>
> +1.
>
> We just need a #define for CUSTOM_USER_AGENT that our libraries use like so:
>
> "User-Agent: SVN/" SVN_VERSION " (" CUSTOM_USER_AGENT ")"
>
> (Or maybe we just ask that the CUSTOM_USER_AGENT value include the space and
> parens ... whatever's easiest.)
Could we just check if it is defined and add the space and parens when it is?
--
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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Received on Thu Nov 15 21:29:17 2007