On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Hans Meine wrote: > On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:56, Florian Demmer wrote: > > just a thought: if there were a way to access the smbus system using > > php, apache/php could simplifly creation of a stable and fast web part > > of freevo...
I'd suggest something lightweight instead of apache. I've been using webfs (www.bytesex.org) as a small fast http server, I'm sure there's others. > > There are many pro's and con's of an integrated webserver vs. a separate one. > Probably this has been discussed before? > Aspects would be: Security, ease of installation, runtime efficiency(?) > Agreed. > ATM I can come up with slightly more advantages than disadvantages of the > Apache-way. (Apache/PHP are well-maintained, security-supervised, but also > more likely to be attacked. It can be started by inetd, so memory > requirements / startup time are no arguments. Many people will be familiar > with PHP development and can help maintain the Freevo webserver. Installation > is not more difficult than setting up the current webserver to start at > boottime.) > Question: do we want to have multiple languages for freevo development? I know there's a case for using the right tool for the right job.... T.C. ---- Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) School of Computer Sciences, Univ. of Science Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia. Rm.625 Ofc Ph: +604 653-3888 x 3617 NRG Lab Admin: +604 659-4757 Rm.601-E Ofc Ph: +604 653-4396 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan GPG Key : http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan/tcwan-nrg-20040805.asc F'print : 4B2E F0BF AAD7 2F51 CB41 4386 F72B 7859 8278 BDC4 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
