Re: Code updates

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miles Elam" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:48 AM
Subject: Code updates


> Anyone have a URL for a code patch fixing the gzip file length bug?  I
> would really like to be able to use gzipped HTML and CSS files to reduce
> bandwidth usage.

i believe that there isn't one, but you are welcome to try - should be easy

> Also, I want to have the functionality in tux to do some very simple
> client detection for content delivery.  Basically it boils down to an
> array of strings:
>
> "MSIE 6"    "index.xml"
> "Nokia"    "index.wml"
> "UP"    "index.wml"
> "Wapalizer"    "index.wml"
> ""    "index.html"
>
> So instead of always just serving index.html at a trailing slash if
> available, it would return the content type most appropriate for the
> client based on a simple substring match;  First match wins the prize.
>  It seems to me that this wouldn't introduce a noticeable amount of
> overhead to the server compared to the flexibiity.
>
> I am not familiar with the codebase.  Where would be the best place to
> start?

if i remember correctly, both of the changes will have to start at
http_proto.c

Alex.