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diff --git a/network/python-twisted-web2/README b/network/python-twisted-web2/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8808f3d079 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/python-twisted-web2/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Twisted.Web2 is an experimental web server built with Twisted. Useful Web2 +functionality will be backported to TwistedWeb until TwistedWeb is as +featureful as Web2, then Web2 will be abandoned. + +Improvements over Twisted.Web: +* Streaming upload data +* Separation of low level HTTP and high level request handling which allows + it to run under other transports such as SCGI and CGI +* IResource API improvements from Nevow +* More versatile outgoing data streaming API +* Correct header parsing +* Full HTTP/1.1 support +* Output filters (HTTP range support in a generic fashion, and gzip support) +* Significantly better URI Rewriting when used behind a proxy such as Apache's + mod_proxy + +Twisted Web2 is available under the MIT Free Software licence. + +Requires: python-twisted |