Comment # 23 on bug 881506 from Petr Gajdos

What about:
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1. both access_compat and authz_core built shared, only authz_core loaded by
default
2. use:

new syntax
<IfModule mod_access_compat.c>
    old syntax
</IfModule>

everywhere (including templates!) to have identical setting in new and old
syntax. 
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According to that you said in comment 18, it should work if access_compat is
loaded in addition to authz_core. authz_core, as the prefered one, would be
unloadable only with significant change to config.

For other configuration files:
1. new syntax would work always with our default conf,
2. old syntax should start to work after access_compat is loaded,
3. mix of new and old syntax would work as long as access_compat is loaded and
there is not contradiction (one permits and second forbids). Both types of
conditionals (comment 7, comment 18) should work.

Or, am I missing SOMETHING?

(In reply to Jan Matejek from comment #21)
> I guess it's mostly a matter of style. Personally ISTM that having a
> separate config file allows you to easily disable the whole

Think of code that is not active by default (not included files, templates or
commented out code). I am not saying it is not doable but _I_ would not go this
way, if there is no significant advantage I have missed.