Magic numbers in Apache modules.d files

[Philip M. Gollucci]

It's just load order.  They are arbitrary atm.  That's a Debian/Gentoo
convention.  It does fit with the chef Apache cookbook though and I assume
the motivation among others.

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, Christian Ullrich <chris at chrullrich.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm porting an Apache module and noticed that there is apparently a recent
> move to installing modules by creating individual files in
> etc/apache2x/modules.d, named for the module and with some number prefixed.
> Do I get to make that number up, or is there a rule to select it?
>
> I found https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7460, but there the numbers are only
> discussed, not explained, and none of the module ports that currently use
> this convention (mod_wsgi4, mod_dav_svn, mod_perl2, mod_log_sql2) include
> any explanation in their commit messages or PRs as to where the number came
> from (except that it appears to have come from ohauer@ in each case).
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Christian
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