Re: [RFH/PATCH 0/4] git http tests with apache 2.4

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:32:57AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > However, the final patch is very unsatisfactory. We have to pick an MPM
> > module to mention in the config, but we don't have any idea what's
> > available. I suspect what I have provided will work on most Unix-ish
> > systems. Under Windows, there is a totally different MPM. But I am not
> > sure that our http tests run at all on Windows, as we seem to check in
> > lib-httpd.sh for a Unix-ish apache module path.
> 
> Thanks.  I think the final one, while it may be unsatisfactory, is a
> reasonable (or "least bad") compromise, at least for now.  I do not
> think of a better way, without adding "if you want customization,
> write a snippet to be included in the configuration used during the
> test", which feels way overkill.

Yeah, we may have to go there. My feeling on it (and why I posted it
as-is) is that it improves the situation for some people, and should be
no worse for anyone else. Therefore people who are on 2.4 and are still
broken after this series can speak up and show us the exact breakage and
fix they need without us having to guess.

-Peff