[PATCH] append "-gzip" to etags processed by gzip_filter_module + not modified support
Maxim Dounin
mdounin at mdounin.ru
Wed May 28 11:22:51 UTC 2014
Hello!
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 04:26:04PM +0930, Andrew Williams wrote:
> this patch modifies the etag header returned by responses processed by
> the gzip filter, appending "-gzip" to the etag (instead of deleting
> it). Also, If-None-Match and If-Match requests work against the
> modified etag.
> (the gunzip module appends "-gunzip" to the etag).
This approach is wrong, as resources with the same etag are not
guaranteed to be equal.
See, e.g., here for previous discussions:
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2012-November/003004.html
See here about plans:
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2014-April/005231.html
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Maxim Dounin
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