Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 17388 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2009 14:22:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Jun 2009 14:22:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 23164 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jun 2009 14:22:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 23094 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jun 2009 14:22:32 -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: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 23085 invoked by uid 99); 10 Jun 2009 14:22:32 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:32 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of apache-dev@m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.2 as permitted sender) Received: from [80.91.229.2] (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:23 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MEOgj-00075M-8R for dev@httpd.apache.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:01 +0000 Received: from bi01p1.nc.us.ibm.com ([129.33.49.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:01 +0000 Received: from poirier by bi01p1.nc.us.ibm.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:22:01 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: dev@httpd.apache.org From: Dan Poirier Subject: Re: Some ramblings on httpd config Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:21:49 -0400 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <8DE3F7C6-04CA-46BB-83C4-4DDFA6E35BB3@rcbowen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: bi01p1.nc.us.ibm.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gNBSRklyinaSNmv6TptjND5Qzrs= Sender: news X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org "Akins, Brian" writes: > On 6/10/09 8:52 AM, "Rich Bowen" wrote: > >> If we had a standard set of variables (like, say, HOSTNAME or whatever) that >> could be interpolated into config directives, as well as a standard way to do >> variable assignment and backreferences, that would solve a whole class of >> problems that are really pretty difficult right now. > > That sounds a whole lot like using the config as a runtime. I'm not sure I follow that. I do like that the config would still look a lot like it does now, only more flexible. -- Dan Poirier