Boris Hollas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Andrew M. Bishop wrote:
> > > BTW, what is the "config" button at the end of the page for? Don't I have
> > > to run "update" first?
> >
> > To allow you to update the configuration file.  Perhaps you edited
> > outside of the WWWOFFLE control page or something.
> 
> I mean the button at the end of http://localhost:8080/control/edit/.
> So pushing "config" makes wwwoffle write changes to the config file and 
> re-read it?

No, the "config" button does just the same as the '-config' option to
the wwwoffle program.  It causes the file to be re-read.  The "update"
buttons cause the file to be written.


> > I can change the code to allow max-size=-1 to mean "ignore the
> > option", but changing max-size=0 to mean "delete all the cached files"
> > will cause problems for some users.  If people don't change the config
> > file then it will delete all of their cache.  I just know that this
> > will cause problems.
> 
> Yes, I see that problem. On the other hand, a script could change max-size=0 
> to max-size=-1 when updating from <= 2.7f.

But not everybody will run the script and if one single person fails
to run the script I am sure that they will tell me.  I might make the
change anyway, but not enforce the condition that max-size=0 means
delete everything.


> > > 7. wwwoffle should go online before fetching if it is offline.
> >
> > There are separate options for online and fetching.  It is not
> > expected that 'wwwoffle -online/-offline/-fetch' will be run manually,
> > but will be used in automatic scripts.  In this case there is no
> > problem with running the program twice.
> 
> I see. Then I have a different suggestion: add a link from 
> http://localhost:8080/control/ to http://localhost:8080/index/outgoing or 
> some other cache index. I think control, cache and config are the pages you 
> need most often.

Different users will have different preferences for which pages need
to be linked together.  It is not possible to make everybody happy,
and I don't want to add all links to all pages.  The best thing to do
is to gather together the links that you find useful and make them
bookmarks in your browser.


> The redhat script didn't work on my system, I remember it had some wrong 
> links. I set up another script that should work if wwwoffle is installed from 
> tarball. I can send you that script, together with a Readme on how to install 
> it.

Anything that makes it easier for people to use WWWOFFLE is welcomed
for inclusion in the contrib section.

-- 
Andrew.
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