Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-09 Thread Deputy Director General
Please stop your sending email to me. Thank you. - Original Message - From: jean-frederic clere jfcl...@gmail.com To: dev@httpd.apache.org Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:20 PM Subject: Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing Paul Querna wrote: Hi, There is lots

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-08 Thread jean-frederic clere
Paul Querna wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:50 AM, jean-frederic clere jfcl...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Querna wrote: Hi, There is lots of discussion about fixing mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer, to try to make it do things that the APIs are just broken for, and right now, it seems from the

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-07 Thread Rainer Jung
On 06.05.2009 22:31, Jim Jagielski wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the way,

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-07 Thread Nick Kew
On 6 May 2009, at 21:31, Jim Jagielski wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-07 Thread jean-frederic clere
Jim Jagielski wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 3:32 PM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: We should experiment freely on trunk/ to come up with the right solutions, and also freely discard those solutions from the next release branch. But we shouldn't throw changes willy nilly over to 2.2, but as Paul

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-07 Thread jean-frederic clere
Paul Querna wrote: Hi, There is lots of discussion about fixing mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer, to try to make it do things that the APIs are just broken for, and right now, it seems from the outside to be turning into a ball of mud. I think the right way to frame the discussion is, how

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-07 Thread Paul Querna
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:50 AM, jean-frederic clere jfcl...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Querna wrote: Hi, There is lots of discussion about fixing mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer, to try to make it do things that the APIs are just broken for, and right now, it seems from the outside to be

mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Querna
Hi, There is lots of discussion about fixing mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer, to try to make it do things that the APIs are just broken for, and right now, it seems from the outside to be turning into a ball of mud. I think the right way to frame the discussion is, how should the API optimally

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Graham Leggett
Paul Querna wrote: Using this structure, you can implement a dynamic load balancer without having to modify the core. I think the key is to _stop_ passing around the gigantic monolithic proxy_worker structures, and go to having providers that do simple operations: get a list, sort the list,

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On May 6, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Paul Querna wrote: Hi, I think the right way to frame the discussion is, how should the API optimally be structured -- then change the existing one to be closer to it, rather than the barrage of incremental changes that seem to be creating lots of cruft, and ending

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Querna
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Paul Querna wrote: Hi, I think the right way to frame the discussion is, how should the API optimally be structured -- then change the existing one to be closer to it, rather than the barrage

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On May 6, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Paul Querna wrote: Stop worrying about 2.2, and just focus on doing it right -- then ship 2.4 in 3-4 months imo, trunk really isn't that far off from being a decent 2.4, it just needs some cleanup in a few areas. It has already been 3.5 years since 2.2.0 came out,

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Querna
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Paul Querna wrote: Stop worrying about 2.2, and just focus on doing it right -- then ship 2.4 in 3-4 months imo, trunk really isn't that far off from being a decent 2.4, it just needs some

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Rainer Jung
On 06.05.2009 20:26, Paul Querna wrote: There is lots of discussion about fixing mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer, to try to make it do things that the APIs are just broken for, and right now, it seems from the outside to be turning into a ball of mud. I think the right way to frame the

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Paul Querna wrote: On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: The incremental changes are just so we can keep 2.2's proxy somewhat useful and flexible enough to survive until the next revamp. Stop worrying about 2.2, and just focus on doing it right -- then ship

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the way, and I think we need to be clear on what we expect 2.4 to be. Until then, we have no clear

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On May 6, 2009, at 3:32 PM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: We should experiment freely on trunk/ to come up with the right solutions, and also freely discard those solutions from the next release branch. But we shouldn't throw changes willy nilly over to 2.2, but as Paul says, let's focus

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Graham Leggett
Paul Querna wrote: Stop worrying about 2.2, and just focus on doing it right -- then ship 2.4 in 3-4 months imo, trunk really isn't that far off from being a decent 2.4, it just needs some cleanup in a few areas. It has already been 3.5 years since 2.2.0 came out, its time to move on in my

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Graham Leggett
Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the way, and I think we need to be clear on what we expect 2.4 to be. Until then, we have no clear

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the way, and I think we need to be clear on what we expect 2.4 to be. Until then,

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Ruediger Pluem
On 05/06/2009 10:09 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 3:32 PM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: We should experiment freely on trunk/ to come up with the right solutions, and also freely discard those solutions from the next release branch. But we shouldn't throw changes willy

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On May 6, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the way, and I think we need to be clear on what we

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Ruediger Pluem
On 05/06/2009 10:31 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I'll stop worrying about 2.2 when 2.4 comes closer to being a reality. Not saying that releasing 2.4 isn't worth it, but there have been stops and starts all along the

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread Graham Leggett
Jim Jagielski wrote: Well, that's the question, isn't it? I can't align the idea of trunk being a candidate for 2.4 and trunk being a place for people to experiment... What do we want 2.4 to be and do. And how. Once we define (and agree) to that, we know how close (or far) trunk is. It

Re: mod_proxy hooks for clustering and load balancing

2009-05-06 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Graham Leggett wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: Once we define (and agree) to that, we know how close (or far) trunk is. It sounds like we have some set that wants to break trunk apart and totally refactor a lot of it, and that's a big +1. It's also not a 3-4 month effort :) It also sounds like