Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread jean-frederic clere
On 08/17/2010 05:42 AM, Paul Querna wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andrew Oliver wrote: >> Note that it is an option, not a default setting. The problem with >> the heartbeat bit which Red Hat/JBoss use is the unstandardized >> proprietary protocol required (http://jboss.org/mod_cluste

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Paul Querna
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andrew Oliver wrote: > Note that it is an option, not a default setting.  The problem with > the heartbeat bit which Red Hat/JBoss use is the unstandardized > proprietary protocol required (http://jboss.org/mod_cluster) with > separate logic to manage it. No, in 2

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Andrew Oliver
Note that it is an option, not a default setting. The problem with the heartbeat bit which Red Hat/JBoss use is the unstandardized proprietary protocol required (http://jboss.org/mod_cluster) with separate logic to manage it. The problem with the status url is that it doesn't accomplish the same

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Aug 16, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Paul Querna wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: >>> >>> This basicly sums up the downsides of this approach I see as well. >>> >>> IMHO to avoid a spec violation we can o

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Paul Querna
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: >> >> This basicly sums up the downsides of this approach I see as well. >> >> IMHO to avoid a spec violation we can only add the Expect header to >> requests with request bodies.

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: > > This basicly sums up the downsides of this approach I see as well. > > IMHO to avoid a spec violation we can only add the Expect header to > requests with request bodies. OTOH these requests hurt most when they > fail as we cannot

RE: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group
> -Original Message- > From: Rainer Jung > Sent: Montag, 16. August 2010 16:40 > To: dev@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy > > On 16.08.2010 15:41, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > As many know, one thing I've wanted in h

Re: trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Rainer Jung
On 16.08.2010 15:41, Jim Jagielski wrote: As many know, one thing I've wanted in httpd's proxy for http is a sort of pre-request ping option (ala what we have for ajp) and nothing ever worked out fine, for a variety of reasons. Anyway, I've gone back to an idea I had a long while ago and one whi

trunk "ping" for http proxy

2010-08-16 Thread Jim Jagielski
As many know, one thing I've wanted in httpd's proxy for http is a sort of pre-request ping option (ala what we have for ajp) and nothing ever worked out fine, for a variety of reasons. Anyway, I've gone back to an idea I had a long while ago and one which ACO and Filip Hanik and I have played aro