On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:42 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:

> On 03/07/2019 20:46, ma...@apache.org wrote:
> > This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository.
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> > markt pushed a commit to branch master
> > in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat.git
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> >
> > The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
> >      new fffb087  Quick fix for poller issue reported on users list
> > fffb087 is described below
> >
> > commit fffb08790e642e03f00c5f96a3a61ee09a2c8342
> > Author: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
> > AuthorDate: Wed Jul 3 20:44:41 2019 +0100
> >
> >     Quick fix for poller issue reported on users list
>
> In terms of the slightly less quick fix...
>
> The code makes reference to two pollset size limits. One is 62 and the
> other is 1024. As far as I have been able to determine from reviewing
> the APR archives both these limits apply only to Windows.
>
> The 62 limit seems to date back to Windows NT and the 1024 limit is XP /
> Server 2003.
>
> Given that the oldest currently supported Windows operating systems are
> Windows 7 / Server 2008 SP2 then I think it is safe to remove the
> multiple poller code from the APR connector.
>
> Any objections? My current thoughts are to do this refactoring after the
> July round of releases.
>

+1 (same as for NIO)
Yes, old OSes brought significant limitations, and the code adds unwanted
complexity.

Rémy

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