David Norris wrote:
> 
> Jose Manuel Ruiz wrote:
> > IndexOnly only works with File-System.
> > When trying with HTTP (-S http option) I get:
> > Bad directive on line #148: IndexOnly .html
> 
> Yes, IndexOnly is only valid is FS mode.  The theory has been that only
> Content Type headers should be used instead of file extensions.  I think
> a number of us might not totally agree with that.  My opinion is that
> IndexOnly would be beneficial in both HTTP and FS mode.
> 
> > NoContents only works with HTTP. With FS the
> > directive simply is ignored. I think this is
> > solved by Andrew's patch.
> 
> This is a serious bug which did not exist in versions prior to the
> addition of HTTP indexing.  It must have appeared in version 1.2 or
> 1.3.  If anything, NoContents should only work in FS mode.  However, I
> think this option should also work in both HTTP and FS modes.  I am not
> sure how the spider handles NoContent or if it bothers to handle it.
> 
> > Perhaps it is time to patch these options. I think
> > both of them may be used in both FS and HTTP.
> 
> I agree that both options should be available in HTTP and FS modes.
> There doesn't seem to be a technical reason against this.  And, it could
> be useful in some cases.
> 
> > But, since they are mutually exclusive, one must be more
> > important than the other.
> 
> They should not be mutually exclusive.  Both options are equally
> important.  Both options would be used together very often.  Making them
> mutally exclusive breaks backwards compatibility with older versions of
> SWISH-E.
>

You are right, I will try patch the code this way. 
 

Jose Ruiz

jmruiz@boe.es