John Morrison wrote: > > I think this would be interesting :) +0 Yes, definately... even if I still believe it should be the "transparent proxy in front of your web server"'s job to do this so that you get maximum benefit.
> > From: Jens Lorenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > From: "Stefano Mazzocchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Well, IMHO there are still some cases where a GZIPSerializer might > > > > be useful. But thanks to you Luca and Stefano for opening my eyes > > > > for the world outside Cocoon. > > > > > > You are welcome. > > > > > > Anyway, I believe that a HTML-gzipping-serializer is a bad idea because > > > is mixes concerns: GZIP compression is a property of the transport layer > > > and should be transparent. > > > > > > As for lack of caching: I also think that Cocoon should stop caching its > > > generated resources and just try to be more proxy friendly. But that is > > > another story. > > > > To summarize this issue ... I tested the CompressionFilter coming as > > example with Tomcat and it works just fine. No need to hack into Cocoon > > and doesn't serve incomplete gzip files. > > Also it automatically detects accept-encoding of the browser and only > > compresses, if compression is supported by the http client. > > > > For production environments, it's probably a good idea to extend this > > example to compress only html and text files. No much sense in compressing > > gif and jpg files, besides wasting cpu cycles ... > > > > If anyone is interested, I would prepare a patch to the CompressionFilter > > coming with tomcat and to cocoons web.xml, with the filter commented out, > > so that only these comments need to be removed, in order to get compressed > > output from cocoon/tomcat. > > > > > > Jens > > > > -- > > > > jens.lorenz at interface-projects dot de > > > > interface:projects GmbH \\|// > > Tolkewitzer Strasse 49 (o o) > > 01277 Dresden ~~~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~ > > Germany > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
