On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 20:12, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Sebb,
>
> Yes, changing the svn:mime-type to text/pain makes Safari think that it's ok 
> to display.
>
> So I will change the mime-type for all such .eml files once I've gotten my 
> round tuit.
>
> Still have the problem with the .rtf that Safari insists on downloading. The 
> only thing I can think of is to edit the file, change to plain text, and save 
> as text/plain mime-type.

Why is that a problem?
What should Safari do?
What do other browsers do?

> Craig
>
> > On May 21, 2020, at 4:53 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 15:48, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Sebb,
> >>
> >> Thanks for that. I'm trying to get Safari to display the Emeritus file for 
> >> users with .rtf and .eml suffixes and Safari wants to download them 
> >> instead of viewing them. For other file types, changing the svn:mime-type 
> >> on the file has fixed it (but I have no idea how Safari gets the 
> >> mime-type).
> >>
> >> As an example, user ids scolebourne and skitching do not display the 
> >> Emeritus file from the committer display. (These ids are publicly known so 
> >> no security issue).
> >
> > If you are referring to the 'Emeritus' link on the Whimsy committer
> > page, then this is a URL of the form https://svn.apache.org/repos/...
> > This is not served by Whimsy, but by the svn.apache.org server.
> > The eml file for skitching is served with the content-type
> > message/rfc822; this appears to be taken from the SVN mime-type
> > property.
> > I have temporarily changed the mime-type to text/plain, and Safari now
> > displays the file rather than downloading it.
> >
> > Whether it makes sense to change the mime-type for all .eml files, I don't 
> > know.
> > I suspect not, as some people may prefer to use a dedicated handler.
> >
> > The alternative is to configure Safari to treat .eml files as text/plain.
> > Whether that is possible, I have no idea.
> >
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Craig
> >>
> >>> On May 20, 2020, at 7:20 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 20:54, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've seen a number of emeritus files with the wrong svn:mime-type. They 
> >>>> are fixed now (I think) but does the new secretary workbench set the 
> >>>> mime-type for new documents received?
> >>>
> >>> Whether the mime-type is set depends on the file type.
> >>>
> >>>> There are a number of places where the mime-type could be set. Can 
> >>>> someone take a look?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> The subversion client uses the following config files:
> >>>
> >>> /etc/subversion/config
> >>> which can be overridden by
> >>> ~/.subversion/config
> >>>
> >>> AFAICT /etc/subversion/config is set up by the Puppet file:
> >>>
> >>> modules/subversionclient/files/config
> >>>
> >>> which contains the following mime types
> >>> *.doc = svn:mime-type=application/msword
> >>> *.gif = svn:mime-type=image/gif
> >>> *.gz = svn:mime-type=application/x-gzip
> >>> *.ico = svn:mime-type=image/x-icon
> >>> *.jpg = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg
> >>> *.pdf = svn:mime-type=application/pdf
> >>> *.png = svn:mime-type=image/png
> >>> *.tar = svn:mime-type=application/octet-stream
> >>> *.tgz = svn:mime-type=application/octet-stream
> >>> *.tif = svn:mime-type=image/tiff
> >>> *.tiff = svn:mime-type=image/tiff
> >>>
> >>> Additional types that could perhaps be added to the list:
> >>> *.asc = text/plain
> >>> *.eml = text/plain
> >>> *.gpg = application/octet-stream
> >>> *.rtf = application/rtf
> >>> *.sig = application/octet-stream
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Craig
> >>>>
> >>>> Craig L Russell
> >>>> c...@apache.org
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Craig L Russell
> >> c...@apache.org
> >>
>
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org
>

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