[Savannah-help-public] [sr #104903] Wrong Content-Type for binaries

[Sylvain Beucler]

Update of sr #104903 (project administration):

                  Status:                    None => Wont Do                
             Assigned to:                    None => Beuc                   

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Follow-up Comment #1:

That needs reflection.
The current setup allows people to display README-style, source files and
README.gz-style files directly in the web browser. "Save as" still can be
used anyhow.

The problem is that, failing to find an adequate extension, Apache falls back
to plain/text. You'll also notice that 'gz' isn't in /etc/mime.types, at least
not in Debian's (that file is used by Apache to provided the Content-Type).

Since you want a 'portable' configuration for this worldwide mirrored
download directory, changing Savannah, moreover with an unusual
configuration, may not be an adequate solution. I suggest you use a common
binary extension for your files, such as ".bin.gz". Since your users are
already gunzip'ing&renaming the files you provide, I don't think this would
be a problem for them.


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