On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Wojtek Sylwestrzak wrote: > So if users say "we are getting stale cgi script output from the cache", > the cache administrator tries to disable cgi caching. > Simply in order not to discourage users. > > I know it's bad. but it's reality. hopefully it'll change.
Too true, I suppose. > > > one more remark on caching - it's important that mirrors > > > look *exactly* the same as the original site (that's why > > > we call them 'mirrors' after all :-)) > > > Because some caches try to redirect to local resources. > [...] > > > > That's also not a wise move. How does the bug database work? > > > > http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi > > > > No wonder we haven't gotten any user complaints from Poland :) > > I see. The move was not wise without some closer investigation first. > But I still think the idea is worthwhile. Especially that modern > cache software provides this 'remap' feature. > Any idea how to solve it here ? Well, we could invent a new DNS name, say "bugdb.apache.org" or "dynamic.apache.org", which doesn't get remapped; the other side of the coin is a "docs.apache.org" or "download.apache.org" which can definitely be remapped. Hmm, I think I lean towards "dynamic.apache.org". Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.apache.org hyperreal.com http://www.organic.com/JOBS
