[PATCHv2] httpd: add option to send files using gzip content-encoding if available
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at sunsite.dk
Sat Jul 24 21:20:57 UTC 2010
>>>>> "Vladimir" == Vladimir Dronnikov <dronnikov at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Vladimir> Just FYI, Internet Explorer <7 sends Accept-Encoding: gzip
>> Vladimir> but cannot correctly process gzipped response. You should
>> Vladimir> analyze also User-Agent: and conditionally skip gzipping.
>>
>> Really? I have an IE6 running here in wine, and it seems to work ok:
>>
Vladimir> Consider modern nginx (and I assume apache also) setups which still
Vladimir> inhibits gzipping for IE <7.
Hmm, don't see anything in mod_deflate.c:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_deflate.c?view=markup
I couldn't find anything in nginx either, but I'm not really familiar
with that cod base, so I might just have overlooked it.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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