Bug#383002: expand keywords on HTTP GET

[Peter Samuelson]

[martin f krafft]
> It is my understanding that HTTP GET is only a convenience method to
> look at subversion files, and subversion actually uses DAV to obtain
> data over HTTP, if that is the protocol.

*nod*

> it would be nice to have keyword expansion when files are obtained
> via GET.

I agree, it would be nice - but easier said than done.  Keyword
expansion happens in the client-side libraries; the server knows
nothing about keywords.  mod_dav_svn is entirely server-side, so
this would involve making it use some client APIs.

It may or may not be _hard_ to accomplish this hack, but I imagine
upstream will see it as a sort of layering violation.  And I don't
know that I have the energy to do it as a Debian-specific hack.

I'll ping upstream, see what they think.

Thanks,
Peter
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