On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Edgar Frank <ef-li...@email.de> wrote: >> Wouldn't it be better to have the backend tell the frontend that it >> supports this feature? Manual configuration should be avoided if >> possible. > > Yes, you're right. In a FCGI_GET_VALUES request, the backend can send > arbitrary name-value-pairs. Unfortunately there is no standard way to tell the > frontend that this feature is supported. Maybe, making the name (and expected > value) of this name-value-pair configurable in mod_fcgid could be a reasonable > way.
Doesn't sound reasonable either. If you introduce such a feature, it should simply be coordinated with other FastCGI stakeholders. Olaf