> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Bloom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > I think we should also rename MaxClients to MaxWorkers.
>
> I dislike this. MaxClients still makes sense IMHO. It is the
> maximum number
> of clients allowed at one time. MaxWorkers is the maximum number
> of things
> (threads or processes) running at one time. MaxClients just
> seems easier to
> explain to me.
I understand what you mean, but I disagree. If you look at my example
> StartWorkers 50
> MaxWorkers 150
> MinSpareWorkers 10
> MaxSpareWorkers 50
> WorkersPerProcess 25
> MaxRequestsPerProcess 0
the beauty is that everything is in the same units and is referenced the
same way. If you change MaxWorkers to MaxClients, the first question that a
new user would ask is "how do clients differ from workers?". The answer is
they don't, except in an obscure theoretical way.
I support StartWorkers rather than StartProcesses for the same reason. I
agree with you that it means lots of stuff going on behind the curtains.
But I think it is worth it to have clear configuration directives. The docs
(and perhaps the config file) should simply say "MaxWorkers and StartWorkers
should be multiples of WorkersPerProcess."
Joshua.
