Don't understand what you mean by "appengine-web.xml" file. But what Mr. Nick Johnson is suggesting I believe is to set an expiration time for your static content as described here:
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html i.e use a default expiration or expiration declaration in your Yaml file. I don't see all this as a potential bug. On Oct 26, 12:39 pm, stumpy <[email protected]> wrote: > So is this a bug that should be reported? > > On Oct 22, 10:09 am, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > If you set an expiration time for your static content, it may be cached at > > geographically diverse endpoints. Without one, it won't be, as it doesn't > > know how long it's safe to cache for. > > >http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html#St... > > > *-Nick Johnson > > * > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:44 PM, stumpy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am developing an application that targets the UK market and am > > > looking at ways of improving the download speed of static files hosted > > > on app engine such as .js, .css, .png etc. > > > > My testing suggests that app engine is serving all static content from > > > america which adds significant latency. Downloading a static file of > > > size <1KB takes 200-250ms from england. > > > > Are there any plans in the future to geographically distribute static > > > content across data centers? Or would I be better off using amazon > > > cloud front for serving everything static? > > > -- > > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: > > 368047 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
