Message 126263 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

Message126263

Author	techtonik
Recipients	docs@python, techtonik
Date	2011-01-14.14:14:33
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Message-id	1295014476.87.0.519263477862.issue10906@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
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http://docs.python.org/library/wsgiref.html#wsgiref.util.guess_scheme The documentation says servers typically set HTTPS variable to a value of “1” or “yes”, when a request is received via SSL, but CGI tutorials, IIS and Apache set this to “on”. Misleading documentation may be the reason of the bug with mod_wsgi that changes Apache's variable from “on” to “1” - https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50581 The documentation should at least stress that “on” is the mainstream value for this variable. It will help to mention at least one popular server that returns “1”.

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http://docs.python.org/library/wsgiref.html#wsgiref.util.guess_scheme The documentation says servers typically set HTTPS variable to a value of “1” or “yes”, when a request is received via SSL, but CGI tutorials, IIS and Apache set this to “on”. Misleading documentation may be the reason of the bug with mod_wsgi that changes Apache's variable from “on” to “1” - https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50581 The documentation should at least stress that “on” is the mainstream value for this variable. It will help to mention at least one popular server that returns “1”.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-01-14 14:14:36	techtonik	set	recipients: + techtonik, docs@python
2011-01-14 14:14:36	techtonik	set	messageid: 1295014476.87.0.519263477862.issue10906@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
2011-01-14 14:14:33	techtonik	link	issue10906 messages
2011-01-14 14:14:33	techtonik	create