On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Geoffrey Young wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Berjon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:43 AM
> > To: Geoffrey Young
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Re: [RFC] Apache::Expires
> >
> >
> > At 10:26 15/11/2000 -0500, Geoffrey Young wrote:
> > >anyone else see an interest in an Apache::Expires (or
> > whatever)? Is there
> > >something out there already? I was thinking of working on
> > it if there is
> > >nothing out there, but it would require lots of RFC reading
> > and wrestling
> > >with stuff like entity tags...
> >
> > It would definitely be interesting to provide an easy to use API to
> > expiration and caching (at least one that would cover common
> > needs), it's
> > easy to get mixed up in the details. I think Andreas wrote
> > something about
> > all those issues last year, but I can't track it down right now.
>
> I think he wrote the section in the guide on headers - that will definitely
> help sort things out...
It's kinda a chapter, not a section:
http://perl.apache.org/guide/correct_headers.html
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> the more I think about it, thoug, I think it will be quite difficult.
>
> say you want to cache a dynamic document for a week from creation - how do
> you define when the week started?
>
> maybe some compromises will be needed, like generically saying "months start
> at 1" and "weeks start at sunday", etc...
>
> just thinking out loud...
>
> --Geoff
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> >
> > -- robin b.
> > Always remember you're unique just like everyone else.
> >
>
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