Re: [lwip-devel] httpserver_raw

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Sergio R. Caprile wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I'm an embedded developer working on some extensions/modifications to
> the HTTP server,
>
>   I wonder if there is a standard test suite so I can be sure I didn't
> break anything that was already working.

Unfortunately, there is not test suite. But you're welcome to add one, 
if you have any.

>   I plan to share my work, can I have write permission to the repo or
> should I send patches ?

Patches are the way to go.

> Topics covered so far:
>   Extended/polished the built-in documentation, it took me some time to
> understand how the non-standard features work and why you guys did it
> that way.
>   Added support for standard SSI tags 'echo cmd' and 'exec var', so web
> page development can be done on a more comfortable system like Apache.

I'd love to see that. Would you mind uploading your patches to the tracker?

> Next topics to address:
>   Write a new CGI (version 2?) interface, so cgis are standard functions
> capable of writing to a (small) buffer (just like SSI functions), can
> have some private (static) data and machine state vars. This is also to
> behave more like a standard system, always keeping the low-memory
> footprint in mind

This is an interesting idea as well. Looking forward to seeing your code.

>   User/Group authentication (users belng to groups, groups are bits set
> on a constant in the filesystem; the developer defines users at run
> time, groups are fixed).

And another nice-to-have!


Simon