[viewvc-dev] Re: Porting templates to viewvc 1.1

C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Templates should ideally work regardless of the ViewVC configuration, 
> don't you think?  I mean, I would be rather disappointed in a template 
> set that only worked if viewvc.conf was composed a particular way.  So, 
> templates need to do things conditionally, and the mechanism for doing 
> so is the likes of [if-any download_href].  But [if-any download_href] 
> will raise an exception if download_href isn't even defined, and those 
> kinds of annoyances were driving me batty as a template author.  This is 
> why ViewVC 1.1 tries to keep a more-or-less uniform set of dictionary 
> variables at least defined, even if unused.

I do fully agree. Initially I thought more in the line of
[if options.allow_co] [download_href] [end].  But testing with [if-any 
..] is absolutely perfect.
(Actually it is time for me, or must find the time to get the python 
basics in my head, never thought of using if-any :( )

> Ah, okay.  Yes, I've seen certain situations in the past where 
> mod_deflate, doin' its thang on a already-gzipped data stream, can go 
> awry. Unfortunately, I know neither the cause nor the graceful 
> workaround for such situations.

Ok, so at least I know that this phenomena isn't related to my build. 
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!



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