I was wondering if mod_autoindex should be using subrequests at all.
Wouldn't it be better if there was a optional function that both
mod_mime & mod_mime_magic exported which could provide the mime
type of a file (which is what mod_autoindex needs the subrequest for)
..Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Ames [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: httpd-2.0 CHANGES
>
>
> Cliff Woolley wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > > How huge are 20 apr_mmap_t's? Big deal if they have to
> wait for the end
> > > of the request. and how common would it be to have 20
> include files
> > > anyway?
> >
> > Yeah, but there're other problems, like chewing up too many
> file handles
> > in pathological cases...
> >
> > > Let's see some real world examples where this is noticeably bad.
> >
> > What about mod_autoindex on a directory with 1000 files?
>
> <gulp> If the little icons on each line turn into subrequests, you've
> got me, for sure.
>
> I don't think many admins would intentionally turn on autoindexing on
> such a directory - imagine navigating thru this puppy with
> your favorite
> browser. But if they did, I'm sure that they would rather see output
> than seg faults.
>
> As I think I said, I don't mind a superior solution. But the
> last time
> I checked, it didn't exist. Seg faults in the core whenever you use
> something as popular as mod_include just don't cut it.
>
> Greg
>
