Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Edgar Frank
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:07 PM, Jeff Trawick wrote: > >>> Or otherwise, can someone explain the details to me why it is as it is? > >>> Especially in terms of not pipeling data directly (maybe after a little > >>> buffering to build proper FCGI packets)? The comment in > >>> fcgid_bridge.c:452

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Graham Dumpleton
2009/11/25 Edgar Frank : >> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:07 PM, Jeff Trawick wrote: >> >>> Or otherwise, can someone explain the details to me why it is as it is? >> >>> Especially in terms of not pipeling data directly (maybe after a little >> >>> buffering to build proper FCGI packets)? The commen

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Edgar Frank
2009/11/25 Graham Dumpleton > 2009/11/25 Edgar Frank : > > While delving into the FCGI and CGI spec, I encountered another reason not > > to stream client data directly. CGI wants an explicitly set CONTENT_LENGTH > > and FCGI enforces than rather obsoletes this (last sentence in 6.2 of the > > FCG

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Edgar Frank wrote: > Maybe, in implementing this in mod_fcgid and making it configurable, Apache > can serve more intelligent backends better. Wouldn't it be better to have the backend tell the frontend that it supports this feature? Manual configuration should b

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Edgar Frank
2009/11/26 Olaf van der Spek > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Edgar Frank wrote: > > Maybe, in implementing this in mod_fcgid and making it configurable, > > Apache can serve more intelligent backends better. > > Wouldn't it be better to have the backend tell the frontend that it > supports t

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Edgar Frank 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-va

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Jeff Trawick
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Jeff Trawick wrote: >>> What advantages does fcgid have over proxy_fcgi (except being ready)? >> >> integrated, on-demand process management > > How valuable is that? > In most cases a static number of b

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Edgar Frank
2009/11/25 Olaf van der Spek > > 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-

Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions

2009-11-25 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Edgar Frank wrote: > 2009/11/25 Olaf van der Spek >> > 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, m

back port off patch CVE-2009-3555-2.2.patch for 2.0.x

2009-11-25 Thread Hartmut Keil
Hi are there plans for backporting the patch http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/apply_to_2.2.14/CVE-2009-3555-2.2.patch for 2.0.63 ? Is a backport desired? Regards Hartmut

RE: back port off patch CVE-2009-3555-2.2.patch for 2.0.x

2009-11-25 Thread Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group
> -Original Message- > From: Hartmut Keil > Sent: Mittwoch, 25. November 2009 13:51 > To: dev@httpd.apache.org > Subject: back port off patch CVE-2009-3555-2.2.patch for 2.0.x > > Hi > > are there plans for backporting the patch > http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/apply_to_2.2

Re: a directive to select the pollset implementation?

2009-11-25 Thread Niklas Edmundsson
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Jeff Trawick wrote: As with mutex implementations, APR pollset implementations, or the underlying OS support, are occasionally broken for some configurations; the access to multiple implementations in APR 1.4.x lends itself to allowing the user to specify a non-default polls

Re: a directive to select the pollset implementation?

2009-11-25 Thread Jeff Trawick
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Niklas Edmundsson wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Jeff Trawick wrote: > >> As with mutex implementations, APR pollset implementations, or the >> underlying OS support, are occasionally broken for some >> configurations; the access to multiple implementations in APR

[VOTE] Release httpd 2.3.4-alpha

2009-11-25 Thread Paul Querna
Test tarballs for Apache httpd 2.3.4-alpha are available at: Your votes please; +/- 1 [ ] Release httpd-2.3.4 as Alpha Vote closes at 18:00 UTC on Monday November 30 2009. May your Thanksgiving be filled with Turkey and httpd testing, Thanks, Paul

Re: [VOTE] Release httpd 2.3.4-alpha

2009-11-25 Thread Paul Querna
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Paul Querna wrote: > Test tarballs for Apache httpd 2.3.4-alpha are available at: >   > > Your votes please; > >  +/- 1 >  [  ]  Release httpd-2.3.4 as Alpha > > Vote closes at 18:00 UTC on Monday November 30 2009. > > May your T

Study about developer and commits.

2009-11-25 Thread mario-fa
We are studying behavior and characteristic about Open Source Software (OSS) development using by reference “What can OSS mailing lists tell us? A preliminary psychometric text analysis of the Apache developer mailing list (Hassan , Rigby)” that used the Apache httpd server developer mailing lis