Re: Patch for validator install configurability

John, you might want to check out validator's development branch (0_6_0)
at
<http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/?hideattic=0&only_with_tag=validator-0_6_0>, most of the stuff you described has already been implemented there.

Cheers, Ville.

On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 13:36, John Beranek wrote:

>    I've got a fairly large patch for the validator to allow it to be run 
> fully without having a (virtual) host for it (with the standard distribution 
> this is necessary because the code assumes the validator is running from 
> "/"). I've been running it for quite some time at our site, and over time 
> I've updated it and kept up-to-date with the current validator using CVS.
> 
>    What I've done is:
> 
> * Create httpd/cgi-bin/ValidatorConfig.pm. This contains all the 
> configuration that may need to be changed for the validator, including (the 
> bit I did it all for) "base_uri". For a "traditional" validator install this 
> is just '/', but here I use '/validator/'. Also configured is "hostname", for 
> places where "validator.w3.org" was hard-coded before. The CGI sourcecode was 
> then updated to use configuration from this package throughout.
> 
> * Create htdocs/config.html. This contains one SSI directive, to set the 
> variable "base_uri", which is equivalent to the Perl variable described 
> above. The HTML was then changed to remove absolute references like "/" and 
> "/base.css" to make them relative, along with changes to use the "base_uri" 
> SSI variable.
> 
> * One actual behaviour change in httpd/cgi-bin/check. This changes the 
> behaviour for "check/referer" runs. I found it undesirable to just fiddle 
> with the referer URI and continue to check the page, as it then made it 
> impossible to reload the page to check it again. So, I made the change to do 
> a "Status: 301 Moved Permanently\nLocation: blahblah" instead. This ensures 
> you end up at a page that contains the referer URI.
> 
>    So, what should I do, send the patch to the list? Is anyone at all 
> interested? :)
> 
>    John.
> 
> P.S. Oh, and I made the availability of the traceroute script a configuration 
> option in ValidatorConfig.pm too

-- 
\/ille Skyttä

Received on Friday, 12 July 2002 09:42:49 UTC