Which scatterbrain split the Apache conf files up?

[ChristAlmighty]

Thanks that's a whole lot better! :rolleyes:

[LordHunter317]

It's a good thing, and frankly, if you can't immediately understand why, I'm not sure it's even worth my breath to explain it to you.

Modular configurations are a good thing for everyone, really.

[ChristAlmighty]

Everybody? Maybe multitasking schizophrenics yes. I'll tell you what has happened right now. Someone let a C++ programmer loose on the user interaction end of Apache2 hence the conf files everywhere. Apache is a web server used by laymen not a C++ compiler that loads a hundred header files from everywhere. Programmers who needs em, talk to the computer cos the end user ain't listening.

[LordHunter317]

Everybody?Yes, nearly everyone, and I'll explain how: It's better for packages because they don't have to write code to edit a file when you install a 3rd party Apache module. They simply have to add/remove files. This is orders of magnitude easier. It also benefits the system administrator because installing the module package is all they need to do. It's better for system administrators who have many virtual sites because the sites are now split up in to logical chunks. The a2* commands mean I don't have to fire up a text editor to just enable/disable a site or module. This is a big advantage doing administration over slow remote links.

Someone let a C++ programmer loose on the user interaction end of Apache2 hence the conf files everywhere.No, Apache2's source ships with a single monolithic configuration file. This is a Debian/Ubuntu specific customization, and the package documentation is explained by many.

Apache is a web server used by laymenNo, it's used by professional system and network administrators primarily. Then software developers, like myself. Finally, laymen.

Programmers who needs em?You do. If you absorbed all this energy trolling into critical analysis, you might actually see the benefit.

[ChristAlmighty]

Trolling!? I'll use 1.3 until I find a less cryptic web server.

[LordHunter317]

You are. You've yet to give a valid reason as to why the configuration layout Ubuntu provides is a bad thing, and I've provided several valid reasons as to why it's a good thing.

Debian's Apache 1.3 isn't monolothic either.