Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 4192 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2002 20:45:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 4179 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2002 20:45:58 -0000 Message-ID: <3D2DF115.EB8C59A@Golux.Com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:56:53 -0400 From: Rodent of Unusual Size Organization: The Apache Software Foundation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: PATH_INFO in A2? References: <20020706121943.I20377@apache.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20020711114715.0421de98@pop3.rowe-clan.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N "William A. Rowe, Jr." wrote: > > But not by default. That would be the exception, not the rule. > The idea is to avoid namespace recursion, and unlike CGIs, most > folks don't look at PATH_INFO in their SSIs. This smacks of a 'father knows best' attitude -- which historically infuriates me. If it's dynamic, it's dynamic, so give it access to all its data. *DON'T* force users (and people they ask for help) into a guessing game about when to turn the option on. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!"