- From: Magnus Kristiansen <magnusrk+w3c@pvv.org>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:49:23 +0200
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:23:24 +0200, Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com> wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Magnus Kristiansen wrote: >> If you mean patches to add types, much of it has already been reported >> (in >> vain). [1] [2] [3] > > Apache does not list unregistered types in mime.types. How many > times does that need to be repeated? If you want Apache to do something > nonstandard, then there are many ways to configure your own server in > a nonstandard way. Otherwise, take the half hour required to submit > a message to IANA requesting the assignment of a type. It is a lot > faster than getting Apache to add types that are explicitly forbidden > by IETF standards to be used by distributed software. A vanilla 2.2.4 mime.types contains 54 */x-* types already. Anyhow, this has gone far off-topic. I wanted to point out that web servers are intentionally shipping with incomplete type maps, in relation to content sniffing. The discussion of why does not belong here. -- Magnus Kristiansen "Don't worry; the Universe IS out to get you."
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