On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 10:51:47PM +0900, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:05:27AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > > Stefan Fritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Saturday 05 July 2008, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > >> - if yes add a link to a configuration file in /etc/apache2/conf.d > > > > > You can add that file or the link unconditionally. > > > > That would really upset me if I were a systems administrator. Most of my > > Apache configurations have multiple virtual hosts, and having some package > > randomly add itself to the namespace of every virtual host I run, possibly > > taking over pages that were currently serving some other purpose, would be > > extremely annoying. > > > > I'd want at least a debconf prompt before something added itself to the > > global Apache configuration. > > Well, it definitely makes sense, but it makes me wonder if my goal is > achievable. The frontend I package is as useful on purely local systems > (a laptop for instance) as on servers (indeed if you search for `emboss > explorer' you will find sites running it). So if the package does things > automatically, it can annoy system administrators who run it on a > dedicated web server. But if the package pulls apache2 and installs its > configuration automatically, end users will benefit of it as just > another graphical interface, with the only peculiarity that it needs a > browser to be used. > > How can this conflict of interest be solved? EMBOSS explorer is a nice > interface, and I really would like to provide to end users with no > command-line interactions with the system. How about making it available > only for localhost by default?
Why not have your package create its own apache instance, with its own config and its own port ? [ Unfortunately, apache will also be running by itself, because we still lack something to handle that. Same applies with gnome-user-share ] Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
