Re: [fossil-users] How to set-up multiple-repo CGI-based server? (fossil: d...@sqlite.org exclusive)

2013-05-29 Thread Steve Landers
Richard, Agree with all you say, it reflects my frustrations about a profession where "simple, stable and reliable" is so readily dismissed as outdated. Re your specific comment "I'm not sure why the one-process-per-task model has fallen out of favor.". It may be because early web servers (an

Re: [fossil-users] How to set-up multiple-repo CGI-based server? (fossil: d...@sqlite.org exclusive)

2013-05-29 Thread Stephan Beal
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Richard Hipp wrote: > Well, I suppose I don't consider CGI to be archaic. CGI is simple, > concise, easy to administer, easy to implement (on both ends), efficient, > and is supported by all web-servers (except nginx). > Thank you for the detailed insights. i fe

Re: [fossil-users] How to set-up multiple-repo CGI-based server? (fossil: d...@sqlite.org exclusive)

2013-05-29 Thread Richard Hipp
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Stephan Beal wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:59 PM, wrote: > >> Despite my error, I find the simplicity of setting up a Fossil repo >> (or better a set of repos) under cgi fantastic. >> > > +1 > > @Richard: out of historical interest, what was the motivation b

Re: [fossil-users] How to set-up multiple-repo CGI-based server? (fossil: d...@sqlite.org exclusive)

2013-05-29 Thread Stephan Beal
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:59 PM, wrote: > Despite my error, I find the simplicity of setting up a Fossil repo > (or better a set of repos) under cgi fantastic. > +1 @Richard: out of historical interest, what was the motivation behind adding CGI support initially? (Despite CGI being archaic, it

Re: [fossil-users] How to set-up multiple-repo CGI-based server? (fossil: d...@sqlite.org exclusive)

2013-05-29 Thread fossil . nrb
On 29 May 2013 11:12, Richard Hipp - d...@sqlite.org wrote: > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:22 AM, MIURA Masahiro > wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Nigel Bray wrote: >> > I am struggling to see what is tripping me up when a single repository >> > works >> > fine, but multiple repos