Agreed, I think this would be a very cool feature. -Joe
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:41:14 -0300 Rogério Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/10/9 Joe Williams <[email protected]>: > > > > Thanks Rogério, I am totally aware that it currently is "client <-> > > varnish" communication that deals with if-none-match. My question is > > ah, ok :) > > > whether it was considered making an option for doing this on > > "varnish <-> backend" communication as well since it seems like a > > reasonable way to validate objects in the cache during lookups. > > Does the varnish project have a (official or unofficial) policy > > regarding doing backend communication with conditions? > > Now that is a question I think others could answer (tollef, sky, > phk?). I really do not know. > > I agree that this could be interesting for, say, really big files > cache re-validation, without all the transfer from the backend to > Varnish, and even worth if we are talking about using Varnish for CDN > architectures (for better geolocation when delivering, with distant > backends, in many cases over continents). > > Needless to say, this could be valid and very useful. > > Regards, -- Name: Joseph A. Williams Email: [email protected] Blog: http://www.joeandmotorboat.com/ _______________________________________________ varnish-misc mailing list [email protected] http://projects.linpro.no/mailman/listinfo/varnish-misc
