Re: [Docutils-develop] Patch for .htaccess file

[Karl O. P. <ko...@ka...>]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:53:55 -0000 (UTC)
Guenter Milde via Docutils-develop
<doc...@li...> wrote:

> Bug report #516 by Ulrich Müller notices that the "View document
> source" links are served with the "personal" MIME type
> "text/prs.fallenstein.rst"
> 
> The following patch is intended to override this with the "unoffical
> official" unregistered MIME type "text/x-rst":
> 
> --- .htaccess	(Revision 10160)
> +++ .htaccess	(Arbeitskopie)
> @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
> +# Enable directory index listings
> +# ===============================
>  Options Indexes
>  
> +# MIME types
> +# ==========
> +# use "text/x-rst" instead of the personal/vanity entry
> "text.prs.fallenstein.rst" +AddType text/x-rst .rst
> +
>  # Redirects
>  # =========
>  
> Would this be a good idea?

I'm going to comment, even though abundently ignorant.

Anything involving .htaccess is voodoo, and apache-specific
action-at-a-distance voodoo at that.  When doing web-related
sysadmin work I try to stay far away from .htaccess files.

Please ignore this comment if you do not find it useful.

Regards,

Karl <ko...@ka...>
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