Antwort: RE: Antwort: [Mod_gzip] [ANNOUNCEMENT] mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a

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Hi Bill,


> Then I should either stick with the old version for now

if the "Vary:" header would be the reason to stay
with the old (non HTTP compliant) version then you
should rather consider using mod_gzip 1.3.26.1a but
disable the "Vary:" generation:


###############
### proxies ###
###############

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# sending a 'Vary' HTTP header
  mod_gzip_send_vary            Yes
# (see chapter about caching for this directive.)
#  don't change this unless you absolutely know what you are doing!
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------



You should rather use a version with less bugs.

After all, even in Squid 2.5 there are several confi-

guration directives whose documentation will tell you

"this will explcitly make Squid break HTTP compliancy,

any you can be made liable for this, so be aware of

what you are doing".



This is exactly the reason why this directive exists

(instead of mod_gzip unconditionally sending "Vary:"

headers): Be aware of what you are doing, but do what

you need to do.

You could have changed the source code anyway ... ;-)



Regards, Michael