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Date:      Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:53:09 -0600
From:      Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        Joe Rhett <jrhett@meer.net>
Cc:        Todd Reed <treed@astate.edu>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: frontpage-5.0.2.2623_1
Message-ID:  <790a9fff05022414531dd27600@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050224203342.GH49530@meer.net>
References:  <892CC2C451D0414B90159D10B5BDAA65AB2234@EXCHANGE.astate.edu> <20050207202417.GB37923@meer.net> <20050208004233.GA84236@xor.obsecurity.org> <790a9fff050208142045266974@mail.gmail.com> <20050224203342.GH49530@meer.net>

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:33:43 -0800, Joe Rhett <jrhett@meer.net> wrote:
> Why rename the port?  You've fixed the main frontpage port to use the
> rtr-supplied binaries.  Why is mod_frontpage being renamed instead of
> reused?
> 
The www/mod_frontpage port wasn't renamed, as it still exists.  This
port uses sources from "Improved mod_frontpage"  which was an attempt
to replace having to use a patched Apache server (i.e. the old
www/apache-fp port).

With the recent versions of the RTR FrontPage Extensions, no patching
the Apache server was required to use their mod_frontpage module.

Because the new "RTR mod_frontpage" version (www/mod_frontpage*-rtr)
is not compatible with the old "Improved mod_frontpage" version
(www/mod_frontpage).

I did add some features from the Improved mod_frontpage:
  - Allow/Disallow Client to publish with FrontPage Extensions
  - Allow/Disallow Administration of web site with FrontPage Extensions

But I used 2 options (FrontPage [on,off] / FrontPageAdmin [on,off])
instead of 4 options (FrontPageEnable,FrontPageDisable /
FrontPageAdminEnable,FrontPageAdminDisable).

The RTR mod_frontpage module doesn't disable the FrontPage Extensions
(unless the port is compiled with WITH_DISABLED).  The Improved
mod_frontpage defaults to disabling the FrontPage Extensions, until
FrontPageEnable and/or FrontPageAdminEnable are added to the
httpd.conf file.

www/mod_frontpage*-rtr can be made compatible with Improved
mod_frontpage when WITH_MODFP_COMPAT and WITH_DISABLED are used to
build the port.

Scot



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