[Savannah-dev] [Bug #1100] JAR files served as text/plain

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=================== BUG #1100: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=1100&group_id=11

Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>
Date: 2002-Aug-29 20:40 (Europe/Helsinki)

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This bug is not very severe at the moment: The person doing the release 
management in our group has changed the Apache configuration for our download 
area so that the jar above is now served with the correct media type. Still, 
fixing this site-wide may be helpful for other Java-based projects.



=================== BUG #1100: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================


Submitted by: benja                     Project: Savannah                       
Submitted on: 2002-Aug-29 19:21
Category:  Download area                Severity:  5 - Average                  
Priority:  None                         Bug Group:  None                        
Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  None                      
Status:  Open                           Effort:  0.00                           

Summary:  JAR files served as text/plain

Original Submission:  Hi,

our project has a JAR (java archive) file for download at:

http://freesoftware.fsf.org/download/gzz/alpha.pkg/0.8alpha1/

The file is gzz-0.8alpha1.jar. It is served as text/plain; this means that in 
most browsers, left-clicking the link on the page above will show the archive 
as plain text, meaning that less experienced users will not be able to download 
it.

Please fix this; the correct MIME type seems to be 
"application/x-java-archive", at least according to this page:

http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/docs/downloadservletguide.html

(Note that the most important thing probably isn't even that the MIME type be 
"correct," just that it not be one that standard browsers will display, instead 
of allowing users to download the file to a local disk.)

Thanks,
- Benja

Follow-up Comments
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Date: 2002-Aug-29 20:40             By: benja
This bug is not very severe at the moment: The person doing the release 
management in our group has changed the Apache configuration for our download 
area so that the jar above is now served with the correct media type. Still, 
fixing this site-wide may be helpful for other Java-based projects.




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