Item13748: Suggestion to use Apache httpd "Define" directive in example config files

The provided "foswiki_httpd_conf.txt" uses the string "/var/www/foswiki" throughout,

Suggestion to just call

Define foswikiroot "/var/www/foswiki"

in the first line, then use "${foswikiroot}" throughout the file for clarity.

-- DavidTonhofer - 24 Sep 2015

From what I can find, mod_define is not compiled into Apache 2.0 or 2.2 by default but can be added at build time. It appears to be standard in Apache 2.4. Although this would be a nice idea, we need the example files to support multiple Apache versions.

-- Main.GeorgeClark - 24 Sep 2015 - 18:38

By now, Apache 2.4 is widely used. Since the file would have to be edited anyway, switching to a define seems reasonable. Planning this for Foswiki 2.2.

-- Main.GeorgeClark - 16 Oct 2017 - 15:09