Re: "textual binary" MIME types (was Re: file locking and binary files)

I wrote:
> > I disagree with both of you.

I think everyone missed this. I don't think Subversion's list should be
in the code (though I don't think it's a travesty that it lives there
for now), and I don't think it should be in a config file. I think it
should be in a data file under ${datadir} (or the Windows equivalent).

As a separate matter, it might be valuble to let people add local types
(application/x-local-text-based-file-type). It doesn't really seem
worth the complexity, but I wouldn't scream and yell about it. However:

  * I don't see any value in letting people remove items from the
default list. If we added an item by mistake, that's a bug, and there's
no requirement that users be able to work around bugs through
configuration.

  * If someone does want to add a local type, it should not be done by
editing the default list, because that would get in the way of
Subversion upgrades. (Either an upgrade leaves the modified list alone,
in which case new types known to Subversion don't show up, or the
upgrade stomps on the modified list.)

Your conception of the text-based MIME types as a single configurable
list isn't really workable.

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Received on Tue Nov 19 08:11:33 2002