https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54527

--- Comment #2 from Michael Osipov <1983-01...@gmx.net> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> AFAIK, Nothing is broken with the current list of mime-mappings in Tomcat 6,
> so I am marking this as enhancement.

Sorry, I did not mind to file a bug actually. This is a enhancement of course.

> Several notes
> 
> 1. web.xml in Tomcat 7 is 100 kilobytes larger than the one in Tomcat 6.
> 
> I wouldn't be wondered if the time to parse those additional 3000 lines and
> the memory used to store the mappings for each deployed application were
> noticeable in some configurations.

This happens anyway if you run an app with Tomcat 7. Why this should make a
difference to Tomcat 6?

> 2. There is nothing wrong with having your own copy of web.xml to replace
> the one provided by Tomcat.

I know, I have done this partially. But it has a huge drawback. Everyone has to
do the same stupid work over and over again, patch, check, patch, etc. We can
do this in a single place, here.

> I would not expect many changes to the default web.xml in Tomcat 6, so you
> do not need to update your copy.
> 
> 3. Tomcat 6 is RTC, so someone has to prepare the actual patch to be
> proposed for a vote.
> 
> 
> Personally, I think it is too late to backport such enhancement to Tomcat 6.
> Though if anyone else goes with it, I wouldn't mind. Maybe ask on opinions
> on dev@.

What is RTC? Yes, I will raise this on dev@ as you advise.

Спасибо Костя!

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