> >
> > Content definitely should not be served from the cache after it has
> > expired imo. However I think an approach like;
> >
> > if((now + interval) > expired) {
> > if(!stat(tmpfile)) {
> > update_cache_from_backend();
> > }
> > }
> >
> > ie "revalidate the cache content after N-seconds before it is due to be
> > expired" would have the same effect, but avoid serving stale content.
>
> To a large extent mod_cache_requester (which from inspection seems to be
> much further along than I thought) will solve this problem :)
>
I am already working on it. I have also posted initial version of this module.
http://utdallas.edu/~parinshah/mod-c-requester.0.2.tar.gz
-Parin.
