Dear Dieter,

--On 20 November 2004 10:08 +0100 Dieter Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

We use Apache for caching and observe the following behaviour:

  Apache requests the object from Zope and caches it until
  the expiration date is reached. From then on, Apache
  forwards "If-Modified-Since" requests to Zope, Zope
  responds with an "304" response but without a new
  expiration date! As Apache does not get new expiration info,
  it continues to forward "If-Modified-Since" requests for
  the object. This significantly reduces cache efficiency.

In my view, Zope should include new expiration info in its
"304" responses.

The CachingManager API may need to be extended, to allow
the HTTP CacheManager to add information to "304" responses.


We've noticed the same behaviour and, for that reason, have avoided using the HTTP CacheManager in Zope. Instead, we handle headers (and 304 responses) for "standard" pages in the main_template and the rest of the caching on Apache (using mod_expires for outbound responses).


+1 for fixing this behaviour.

Dominic
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