Hi, The reason is simple, we (company) needed this information based on hostname, so we made a hostdb. I don't see any downside for supporting a domain mode. Adding support for it through hostdb.url.mode seems like a good idea.
Regards, Markus -----Original message----- > From:Yossi Tamari <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday 4th March 2018 12:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Why doesn't hostdb support byDomain mode? > > Hi, > > > > Is there a reason that hostdb provides per-host data even when the > generate/fetch are working by domain? This generates misleading statistics > for servers that load-balance by redirecting to nodes (e.g. photobucket). > > If this is just an oversight, I can contribute a patch, but I'm not sure if > I should use partition.url.mode, generate.count.mode, one of the other > similar properties, or create one more such property hostdb.url.mode. > > > > Yossi. > >
