Re: [PATCH] Allow custom user agent string

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, David Glasser wrote:

> On Nov 15, 2007 7:58 PM, Daniel L. Rall <dlr@finemaltcoding.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> > > from mod_dav_svn/repos.c:
> > >
> > > if (val && (ap_strstr_c(val, "SVN/") == val))
> >
> > Is there any reason not to adopt the "new" capabilities API for this
> > mod_dav_svn check?
> >
> > This would be an orthogonal change to Stefan's patch.
>
> ... backwards compatibility?

The User-Agent check could be maintained in a manner which adjusted the
reported client capabilities, preserving backwards compatibility for older
clients, while moving the code towards the new formalized API.

-- 
Daniel Rall