On Oct 29, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Graham Leggett wrote:
Paul Querna wrote:
FWIW, I don't believe in latest and greatest linux distro as a good
measure, but I do believe that there are only a few platforms that
we should make design decisions around:
- Linux 2.6
- FreeBSD 7
- Solaris 10
- Windows Vista
If something is *fast* or *good* and can be done on all of the
above platforms, I would argue we should do it from a design
perspective, and I'm very much opposed to limiting how we design
stuff based on the constraints of other less popular operating
systems, cf epoll/kqueue/event ports.
I think we shouldn't forget that we have MPMs - if we need to
support a non mainstream platform, at the very least make sure that
at least one functional and acceptable alternative MPM exists for
that platform.
I tend to agree... as long as the architectural design doesn't
prevent people from creating (or keeping) MPMs, then this is all
good. Believe it or not, as people on the front-lines of handling
Apache setup and support for organizations can attest to, MPMs are a
valued feature.
