Re: [PATCHv3 GSoC] git-instaweb: Configure it to work with new gitweb structure

[Pavan Kumar Sunkara <pavan.sss1991@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> Pavan Kumar Sunkara <pavan.sss1991@gmail.com> wrote:
>> While at it, change apache2 configuration to use the same access log
>> and error log files as the rest of web servers supported by
>> git-instaweb.
>
> Hi Pavan, I'm late to this thread, but I'm leaning against forcing
> access logs onto people.  I don't believe access logs are necessary for
> instaweb.  Error logs are important for debugging breakage, yes, but
> access logs aren't worth the trouble IMHO.
>
> Also, using the same error log paths might make it confusing to people
> switching between web servers.  In fact, it may be the most confusing
> for those folks if they're trying different web servers and forgetting
> to shut down the previous server before starting the next.  They could
> end up seeing confusing log messages from the wrong server if they
> look in the error log to debug the problem.
>
> I'm not sure why Mongoose has access logs enabled by default, but I know
> I conciously left it out by default for lighttpd/apache/webrick.
>
> --
> Eric Wong

Well, Until before this patch, lighttpd and mongoose have been using
the same error log and access log.
So, I enabled it for apache2 too in the process of debugging
git-instaweb while using apache2.

IMVHO If there is no problem using the same logs for lighttpd and
mongoose until now, I don't think it will be a problem when apache2 is
included into that group.

- Pavan
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