Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> > OK, but that file sets some settings differently from documented
> defaults,
> > which is kinda confusing.
> > Wouldn't it make sense to not do that?
> >
> > I'd prefer the nginx.conf to be as clean and simple as possible.
>
> As I already tried to explain in Trac ticket #1681, one of the
> important goals of conf/nginx.conf, as well as any other default
> configuration file, is to demonstrate how various things can be
> tuned.

This is mostly done by comments.. though I'd argue a link to a HTML document would be better to explain things.

> If this is still not clear, I don't think that repeating
> this explanation would help. Sorry about that.

Didn't realise that was you..
So should a 'default' install of nginx end up with default_type application/octet-stream, with default_type text/plain or would both be fine with you?