29.01.2014 21:30, Leyne, Sean wrote: > > OK, but some of the config options are not compatible for all installed modes > -- so, how do we prevent a user make the wrong selections? > > If someone like Paul Reeves (who has been using FB since before it was FB) > doesn't understand all of the intricacies, how will a less experienced > user/developer? > > Especially, when the installed mode it not easily seen.
Just a wild idea. We introduce a separate (very thin) fblistener.exe (fbremote or whatever) binary that acts similar to xinetd on posix. It will spawn firebird.exe per every user connection. firebird.exe will detect this situation and explicitly pass SharedCache = false and SharedDatabase = true via API into all connect calls, thus overriding any underlying config settings. firebird.exe alone will be always working in the multi-threaded mode (thus not requiring the -m switch) supporting either SC or SS, depending on the config settings. So, for CS one will need to install/run fblistener.exe and don't care about anything else. For SS/SC one will need to install/run firebird.exe and setup the config properly (SS by default). The installer will just ask about SharedDatabase/SharedCache (or about CS/SC/SS - although these terms become outdated with v3) and figure out what binary should be installed and whether it's needed to change the config. No eight possible options anymore. Not much harder to understand than for v2.5. Almost same for POSIX and Windows. If SC is going to be deprecated (at least at the installer level), then setup becomes even easier. Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
