Re: [PATCH] gitweb: use correct mime type even if filename has multiple dots.

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

Is it really useful? Usually the suffix in mime.types doesn't contain dot
itself. Besides, to be said we need correct mimetype only for files which
can be displayed in browser (HTML, XHTML, images: png, gif, jpeg, perhaps
XML). All other can get generic mimetype, i.e. application/octet-stream for
binary files (to be saved) and text/plain for text file (to be displayer
as-is in browser).

Sorry, I do not think that is quite correct.  The browser can
launch an appropriate application on the downloaded file, as
long as you send the data labelled with proper mimetype.  If you
send out application/octet-stream, of course that would not work.

Having said that, I am not sure what special things Martin
wanted to do with x.8.html that is different from y.html, so
maybe discussing the patch does not have merit at all.