[HCoop-Discuss] Domtool & .htaccess files

[Adam Chlipala]

Clinton Ebadi wrote:
> Philip Neustrom <philipn at gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> Even something ghetto would be okay for most every use case.  I think
>> we could set some sane options in AllowOverride -- even just allowing
>> people set set directories and serve static / PHP would allow people
>> to do things like install wordpress really easily.
>>     
>
> I don't see any /technical/ reason to allow .htaccess--domtool was
> written to solve the problem of exposing a sane set of options to
> users. Why solve the same problem in a more adhoc way (again [0])?
>   

My viewpoint is that Domtool removes the need for the special-purpose 
configuration formats of Apache, BIND, Exim, Mailman, and other 
supported daemons, without introducing any significant downsides... but 
only for people with significant advanced programming experience.  For 
the rest (which is most of current and potential members), I agree that 
.htaccess support is huge value-added.  It's just a matter of mustering 
the resources to figure out how to add that value securely.