Is anyone volunteering to do this work (provided there is agreement)? If not, this entire discussion is pointless.
Jade On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Dossy Shiobara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008.04.13, Don Baccus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or just put back the config parameters as they were, they worked fine > > for everyone for a decade. I don't remember the masses shouting that > > the config approach wasn't sufficient. It suddenly appeared without > > discussion nor documentation. > > Uh, either your memory is poor or you need to review the mailing list > archives again. > > The number of times people have asked "can I change [a particular > setting] without requiring a nsd restart" and have been given the answer > "no, config changes require a server restart" has indirectly suggested > that if we can move something out of the config and into the runtime > environment, it would be preferred as people ask for it repeatedly over > time. > > Being able to tweak and tune thread pools at runtime has come up many, > many times. Each time, the answer is: change the config setting and > restart, which usually wasn't desirable because restarts during the day > on a production system weren't something folks could do ad-hoc, as they > were running a single server, not load-balanced ... > > Seriously, this has been a long-standing ask, to make more config > settings modifiable at runtime. Perhaps the way compression has been > implemented wasn't perfect, but it was a start, and I think Jeff's > suggestion of shipping a filter proc that enables compression > server-wide by default is the right answer. Making the setting purely > config-driven is just perpetuating the "sorry, config settings need > restarts" problem. > > -- > Dossy Shiobara | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dossy.org/ > Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the > Subject: field of your email blank. > -- Jade Rubick Acting Chief Technology Officer United eWay [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel (503)285-4963 fax (707)671-1333 www.UNITEDeWAY.org -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
