Re: [PATCH] add web/mime support

[Nala Ginrut]

On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 15:48 +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Thu 17 Jan 2013 11:37, Nala Ginrut <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > PS: Do you think it's proper to use the same implementation in my server
> > project? I'm not sure whether this mime thing would exist in any GNU
> > system for a server purpose rather than a desktop one.
> 
> Why would it not exist on a server?  My server has a full
> /usr/share/mime directory, and I know I haven't installed anything
> desktop-related.
> 

/usr/share/mime is contained in 'shared-mime-info' package, at least for
openSUSE. The suggestion you gave means Guile will depend on this
package. Personally, I don't think that's what you want. ;-P

> In any case you could fall back on /etc/mime.types, I guess.
> 
> Andy