Re: [suggestion] *::GZip and chunked output
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Honza Pazdziora wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 10:58:47PM +0200, Stas Bekman wrote: > > > > > >SetHandler perl-script > >PerlHandler Apache::OutputChain Apache::GzipChain \ > >Apache::Buffer Apache::PassFile > > > > > > This will solve two problems: > > > > 1) chunked gzipped output > > 2) will improve the compression as there will be more input to work on at > > once for the GZip module. > > I have a little mental problem: why doesn't NN understand the gzipped > output being chunked? I mean, if the result is a correct gzip (isn't > it?), why doesn't it process it correctly? Heh, why do we have to program for each browser in a different way? and many other similar questions... When mozilla will take the leadership back I hope many questions will go away :) (...may be not) > Otherwise, as this seems to be a problem of GzipChain only at the > moment, I'll probably vote for Rick's patch or something similar being > done on the Apache::OutputChain level. > > But yes, something like Apache::BufferChain would certainly be usefull > and I'll add this into the Apache::OutputChain distribution. Ok, so you will add this one. Thanks!!! __ Stas Bekman | JAm_pH--Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ | mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://perl.orghttp://stason.org/TULARC/ http://singlesheaven.com| http://perlmonth.com http://sourcegarden.org --
Re: [suggestion] *::GZip and chunked output
On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 10:58:47PM +0200, Stas Bekman wrote: > > >SetHandler perl-script >PerlHandler Apache::OutputChain Apache::GzipChain \ >Apache::Buffer Apache::PassFile > > > This will solve two problems: > > 1) chunked gzipped output > 2) will improve the compression as there will be more input to work on at > once for the GZip module. I have a little mental problem: why doesn't NN understand the gzipped output being chunked? I mean, if the result is a correct gzip (isn't it?), why doesn't it process it correctly? Otherwise, as this seems to be a problem of GzipChain only at the moment, I'll probably vote for Rick's patch or something similar being done on the Apache::OutputChain level. But yes, something like Apache::BufferChain would certainly be usefull and I'll add this into the Apache::OutputChain distribution. Yours, -- Honza Pazdziora | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fi.muni.cz/~adelton/ .project: Perl, DBI, Oracle, MySQL, auth. WWW servers, MTB, Spain.
[suggestion] *::GZip and chunked output
A few people have reported lately that they experience a problem with a chunked output from *::Gzip filters. I think that using DESTROY to Finalize Output technique as described at http://perl.apache.org/guide/snippets.html#Using_DESTROY_to_Finalize_Output will provide a nice workaround. If any of you have a few spare minutes, this can be solved on a global level without changing a line in your original code (and making a nice contribution to the mod_perl community :). Just write another Apache::Filter like module, (let's call it Apache::Buffer) which will buffer all the input and flush it using the above technique. So you'd use: SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::OutputChain Apache::GzipChain \ Apache::Buffer Apache::PassFile This will solve two problems: 1) chunked gzipped output 2) will improve the compression as there will be more input to work on at once for the GZip module. What do you think? __ Stas Bekman | JAm_pH--Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ | mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://perl.orghttp://stason.org/TULARC/ http://singlesheaven.com| http://perlmonth.com http://sourcegarden.org --
