On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:29 AM, C. Michael Pilato<cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
> Bert Huijben wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Greg Stein [mailto:gstein_at_gmail.com]
>>> Sent: vrijdag 20 maart 2009 16:58
>>> To: svn_at_subversion.tigris.org
>>> Subject: svn commit: r36720 - trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn
>>>
>>> Author: gstein
>>> Date: Fri Mar 20 08:57:50 2009
>>> New Revision: 36720
>>>
>>> Log:
>>> Apache 2.3 removed the ap_default_type() function. The theory here is
>>> that
>>> every resource should know its type rather than have one applied by
>>> default. Mismatches between the actual content-type and one simply
>>> placed
>>> onto a resource can lead to vulnerabilities, confusion for the client,
>>> and
>>> other unseemly behavior. Thus, the removal of ap_default_type().
>>>
>>> If we can't figure out a good mime type to use, then we'll default to a
>>> bag o' bytes: application/octet-stream.
>>
>> It seems this breaks browsing to text files via Firefox.
>>
>> E.g. browse to http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/CHANGES
>> You see a 'save as' box now, where you used to be able to see the file.
>>
>> (Browsing to ^/trunk/COMMITTERS works as expected, because this file has an
>> explicit mime type)
>>
>>
>> It still works correctly in Internet Explorer, that (by default) guesses a
>> content type by looking at the content for these generic mime types.
>
> Yeah, I guess it would work fine if we set the svn:mime-type property on our
> CHANGES file, though (to "text/plain"). *shrug*. Extension-less files are
> always problematic for MIME type stuff. While most of the extension-less
> files in our tree may be human-readable, it's certainly conceivable that
> others would have extension-less files in their trees that aren't
> human-readable. It's a win-lose situation!
On the other hand, it's an irritating feature of many web browsers
that there's no way to convince them to view an
application/octet-stream file inline, whereas an erroneous text/plain
should still support "save link as". I think using octet-stream as
the default is likely to overall reduce usability of Subversion.
--dave
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