[Zope-dev] Merging #1441 fix to 2.10 branch?

[Sidnei da Silva]

On 6/25/07, Andreas Jung <lists at zopyx.com> wrote:
> --On 25. Juni 2007 14:38:59 -0300 Sidnei da Silva
> <sidnei at enfoldsystems.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I would like to merge the fix for issue #1441 into the 2.10 branch. It
> > restores a 'feature' that was removed almost 35 months ago,
>
> Any idea why it was removed?

The issue title should say it all, but here it goes:

Zope used to send a "MS-Author-Via: DAV" header, which in old versions
of Microsoft Office would cause Word to be fired and try to lock the
file and then open it, which if the user was an anonymous user would
prevent the file download.

Recently (Jan 2005 and May 2007) Microsoft fixed this issue by
updating the "WebFolders" implementation. Also recent versions of
Microsoft Office don't have this issue either.

The patch adds back the "MS-Author-Via: DAV" header for compatibility
with old versions of WebFolders, but with a toggle on zope.conf,
default to off.

It also adds a "Public: ..." header, for compatibility with *new*
versions of WebFolders, which now require it, with another separate
toggle in zope.conf, also default to off.

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Sidnei da Silva
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