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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=216934

           Summary: ECMAScript and JavaScript media types in mime.types file
           Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
           Version: Final
          Platform: All
               URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4329.txt
        OS/Version: SuSE Linux 10.1
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Basesystem
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: sierkb@xxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx


The use of the former MIME Types text/ecmascript, text/javascript and
text/x-javascript is discouraged (marked obsolete) in favour of
application/ecmascript (ECMAScript) and application/javascript (JavaScript).

RFC 4329 "Scripting Media Types" defines valid MIME-Types for ECMAScript and
JavaScript and marks which ones are invalid. See
ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4329.txt for details.

With respect to RFC 4329,
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/ and
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/, please add the MIME type for
ECMAScript, and change the JavaScript MIME type
from "application/x-javascript" to "application/javascript".

    application/ecmascript              es
    application/javascript              js

See also the appropriate Apache bugs
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40299 and 
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35551

Most browser vendors (except Microsoft) have made their homework relating this
issue. The Server and OS vendors shouldn't be far behind.


Many thanks,
Sierk Bornemann


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