Changing .
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">htaccess</span>  is required in many cases.  That is not hacking core. <div><br></div><div>I like to comment out core when editing .
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">htaccess</span>  and then add my changes with a comment about what they are for.  </div><div>

<br></div><div>-Steve <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Franz Iberl <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:f.iberl@amazonas-box.de" target="_blank">f.iberl@amazonas-box.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 20.09.12 17:17, schrieb Walt Daniels:<br>
<div class="im">&gt; Unfortunately hacking core, in particular .htaccess, is not optional on<br>
&gt; some servers.<br>
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</div>Adapting .htaccess I do not consider as hacking core.<br>
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Servus<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">   Franz<br>
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