Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> This is more of a question for Sebastian (the author) than the rest of
> us, though mailing the list is indeed the right thing to do.
>
> I'm under the impression that Sebastian doesn't test suPHP on systems
> using a threaded MPM, but tests it under systems using the prefork MPM.
>
> Regardless of what people think, threading on UNIX is still fairly new
> as far as general application adoption goes.  Sure, Solaris's threading
> model is fast and rock-solid, but as I'm sure you know, the number of
> threaded applications is fairly low (compared to fork) on UNIX.
>
> Also, you have to ask yourself: is switching to a threaded MPM *really*
> something you want to do on a hosting environment?  Historically hosting
> environments have CGIs and other scripted languages that were written
> purely with the forked environment in mind (e.g. classic Apache 1.3 or
> older).  I am very well aware of the benefits of threads, but I often
> wonder why someone would consider that model for a hosting environment.
> It's still too new of a technology, IMHO.
>
>   

I thought a moment of what you said and can't but agree.
It is wiser, for now, to go for the safer prefork-model.

Thanks for your input,
Fili


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