[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

[Jérémy Lal]

On 01/10/2010 14:34, Stefan Bühler wrote:
> On 10/01/2010 01:53 PM, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>> Correction : 8.2.4 is the latest of the 8.x, and is still affected.
>>
>> We can't ask clients to update their software,
>> so even if it's fixed in a newer Reader, the problem will remain for years.
>> Apache, IIS are already working around that issue, why not lighttpd ?
> 
> Providing a workaround has been stupid in the first place, and it is still stupid. Why support software which hasn't been able to fix a known bug in more than 5 years?
> 
> Every time you start providing such workarounds it is your fault too if the original bug doesn't get fixed!
> 
> /me blames apache + IIS

It is clear for me that adobe reader is to blame here.

However, many people are unfortunately using it,
and even if a workaround is something that should be avoided,
it penalizes admins using lighttpd as a web server. My clients
are complaining that "it does not work".
I just can't ask 10000 visitors to upgrade their software, just
to view PDF documents, when any other website does not trigger
the bug. But that is not the issue here.

The workaround is fairly simple, so it might be at least documented
(if it already is, my apologies) or even better put in conf-available,
not enabled by default, with a self-explanatory name like
10-screw-adobe-reader.conf ?
That way an admin installing lighttpd on debian might get an idea of
the issue before it happens and make web clients unhappy.