[TYPO3-core] RFC #11103: Improve advanced_htaccess and make it more compatible

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Hi Steffen and Christipher,

Steffen Gebert schrieb am 13.11.2010 14:52:

> Thanks for your patch, Christopher - nice to read from you here ;-)
> 
>> Problem:
>> The comments in the advanced_htaccess file are partly outdated and
>> need an
>> update.
> Yes, I would go further and say it's a PITA. If you try TYPO3 for the
> first time and have to read through this file, you might probably resign..
> 
> However, there are many points, about which we can argue..
> 
>> Solution:
>> I reviewed the commenting texts and improved them.
> I did some more changes, esp. replacing the "you'll have to change" to
> "you have to change". Proofreading welcome!
> 
>> I added a section for file compression which is compatible with Apache
>> 2.x.
> I'm not sure, why at all: CSS and JS are not covered by mod_gzip, so
> only HTML remains. However AFAIK Apache wouldn't compress the TYPO3
> output. So, what's left, which can be compressed?
> I left it in the file, but I'm for removing the whole section, if there
> are no serious arguments.
> 
> I also removed the historic PHP options and only left the serious
> register_globals in. Do you have other suggestions, what a TYPO3 user
> should change?

+1 by reading.

The compression part might be interesting. CSS / JS is only excluded for
IE (in the Apache 2.x setup).

Steffen, if you don't have anything against it, you could commit.

Cheers,
Ernesto