Re: Mongrel 2.0

["Evan Weaver" <evan-72XWLPH10WVXUHR/Jj/Uug@public.gmane.org>]

Optional is a good compromise.

Evan

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Zed A. Shaw <zedshaw-dd7LMGGEL7NBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Very cool, nice work.  One small comment...
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 03:32:33PM -0500, Evan Weaver wrote:
>> Hi Mongrels,
>>
>> - Error code instead of connection-close, as discussed earlier
>
> With this do you mean returning one of the many error codes in an HTTP
> response when the server is overloaded?
>
> I would recommend against that if that's the case.  In theory it's nice
> to return an error code to clients that could be waiting.  In practice,
> your queue is already overloaded, so taking more time to send a response
> to clients only adds to the problem.  In a modern system this isn't such
> a big deal, but in Ruby it becomes a mess because of the file id limits
> in the select loop.
>
> I'd say, if you add that, make it optional to turn it off and be
> prepared with a FAQ about it in case people have problems.
>
> Have fun.
>
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