Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-14 Thread Graham Leggett
On Tue, November 13, 2007 7:17 pm, Akins, Brian wrote: We found it much easier to write our own proxy rather than try to plug away at mod_proxy... As I recall, you needed a proxy server that was capable of behaving like an origin server at the cost of RFC compliance. Under circumstances like

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-14 Thread Graham Leggett
On Tue, November 13, 2007 5:39 pm, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: I'm very much okay with having competition and bake-offs. We have a number of modules that do similar things (mod_alias / mod_rewrite, etc.). I find that mod_proxy is incredibly complex and doesn't even do the things that it

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Graham Leggett
On Tue, November 13, 2007 6:34 am, Paul Querna wrote: I've added mod_serf in r594425: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revrevision=594425 I've grown exceptionally... tired of looking at mod_proxy. mod_serf is nice and tight at 440 lines or so. With just a little more work, I think it

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Plüm , Rüdiger , VF-Group
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Graham Leggett Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. November 2007 11:28 An: dev@httpd.apache.org Cc: dev@httpd.apache.org Betreff: Re: mod_serf is in trunk On Tue, November 13, 2007 6:34 am, Paul Querna wrote: I've added mod_serf in r594425: http

RE: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Axel-Stephane SMORGRAV
Message d'origine- De : Paul Querna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mardi 13 novembre 2007 05:34 À : dev@httpd.apache.org Objet : mod_serf is in trunk I've added mod_serf in r594425: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revrevision=594425 I've grown exceptionally... tired

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 12, 2007, at 11:34 PM, Paul Querna wrote: I've added mod_serf in r594425: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revrevision=594425 I've grown exceptionally... tired of looking at mod_proxy. mod_serf is nice and tight at 440 lines or so. With just a little more work, I think it could

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Sander Striker
On 11/13/07, Paul Querna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've added mod_serf in r594425: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revrevision=594425 Nice! I've grown exceptionally... tired of looking at mod_proxy. mod_serf is nice and tight at 440 lines or so. A cool low number. Fits snugly with the

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Axel-Stephane SMORGRAV wrote: Just out of curiosity, how would you do this with mod_serf: ProxyPass /foo http://127.0.0.1/ ProxyPassReverse /foo http://127.0.0.1/ ProxyPassReverse /foo http://localhost/ I think the idea is that mod_serf is not intended to be

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Nov 13, 2007 6:06 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree here. While I would see a benefit of providing a http(s) client API to httpd via serf and thus getting rid of the somewhat strange way mod_proxy_http does its requests to a backend system ,I see no benefit at all

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Mads Toftum
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:47:53AM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote: I think the idea is that mod_serf is not intended to be a complete replacement for mod_proxy *at this time*... It's a cool start and a basis to build on. The name makes me think of it as a provider module like httpd - in fact I

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Nov 13, 2007 11:10 AM, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The name makes me think of it as a provider module like httpd - in fact I think that'd be quite useful (especially going by Justins reluctance to add it to apr-util which would have been my preferred location). Exposing some

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: I find that mod_proxy is incredibly complex and doesn't even do the things that it claims to do properly. But it does NOT do the stuff it doesn't claim to do quite well :) Agreed that mod_proxy has the potential of joining the

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Akins, Brian
On 11/13/07 11:28 AM, Jim Jagielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agreed that mod_proxy has the potential of joining the ranks of mod_rewrite and mod_ssl as the Modules Most Likely To Make One Lose Their Minds And Run Screaming Hysterically Through The Halls. We found it much easier to write our

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Ruediger Pluem
On 11/13/2007 05:13 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 11:10 AM, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The name makes me think of it as a provider module like httpd - in fact I think that'd be quite useful (especially going by Justins reluctance to add it to apr-util which would

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread Ruediger Pluem
On 11/13/2007 04:39 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Nov 13, 2007 6:06 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree here. While I would see a benefit of providing a http(s) client API to httpd via serf and thus getting rid of the somewhat strange way mod_proxy_http does its

Re: mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Ruediger Pluem wrote: On 11/13/2007 04:39 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: I find that mod_proxy is incredibly complex and doesn't even do the things that it claims to do properly. Rather than spend an inordinate amount of time trying to fix it, I think we'd be better off trying to go in a

mod_serf is in trunk

2007-11-12 Thread Paul Querna
I've added mod_serf in r594425: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revrevision=594425 I've grown exceptionally... tired of looking at mod_proxy. mod_serf is nice and tight at 440 lines or so. With just a little more work, I think it could be a production level reverse proxy. Oh yeah, and death