On 08/10/2010 07:55 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: > >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Rainer Jung >>> Sent: Donnerstag, 5. August 2010 13:14 >>> To: dev@httpd.apache.org >>> Subject: Rephrasing " worker already used" >>> >>> The message "worker ... already used by another worker" seems >>> to not say >>> what's actually happening. >>> >>> Situation: >>> >>> ProxyPass /X http://a.b.c.d/A >>> ProxyPass /Y http://a.b.c.d/AB >>> >>> Wouldn't a message >>> >>> worker "http://a.b.c.d/A"; will also be used for URL "/Y" >>> >>> be more correct? >>> >>> In addition: we do overwrite the worker config (additional >>> attributes) >>> when parsing the second ProxyPass. Should we add a message >>> >>> Merging configuration for worker "http://a.b.c.d/A"; >> Actually it doesn't merge the configuration. For some parameters like >> timeout they get overwritten with the defaults if not configured again in the >> ProxyPass directive. So >> >> ProxyPass /X http://a.b.c.d/A timeout=5 >> ProxyPass /Y http://a.b.c.d/AB >> >> Will result in a worker http://a.b.c.d/A with timeout set to the default >> value >> (ProxyTimeout / Timeout). >> > > The question is whether this should be expected... I feel that
IMHO this is not expected. Rainer already indicted that he intends to change this. I think if we do not create a new worker in this situation, but using the existing one we should at most overwrite the explicitly set parameters, but do not reset parameters to default values. Regards Rüdiger
