Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 77221 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2008 17:39:31 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Oct 2008 17:39:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 86170 invoked by uid 500); 30 Oct 2008 17:39:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 86118 invoked by uid 500); 30 Oct 2008 17:39:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 86012 invoked by uid 99); 30 Oct 2008 17:39:26 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:39:26 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [74.125.46.154] (HELO yw-out-1718.google.com) (74.125.46.154) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:38:12 +0000 Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 6so319031ywa.84 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.7.12 with SMTP id 12mr11364305qbg.83.1225388330433; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:38:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rich-trunk.eas.local (66.49.27.34.nw.nuvox.net [66.49.27.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k27sm3617691qba.10.2008.10.30.10.38.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Rich Bowen To: dev@httpd.apache.org In-Reply-To: <20081029113215.GA13318@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-7-120506950 Subject: Re: Simple MPM is in trunk Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:38:46 -0400 References: <4906BB73.9040407@force-elite.com> <20081029113215.GA13318@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail-7-120506950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Oct 29, 2008, at 07:32, Joe Orton wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:12:51AM -0700, Paul Querna wrote: >> I've added the Simple MPM to trunk: >> https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/server/mpm/simple/ > > Great! > >> - The name. Someone suggest something better than "Simple". > > I like naming projects by grepping the dictionary, and grepping for > 'm.*p.*m' came up with "wampum" (amongst 1173 others ;), which is a > North American Indian word, apparently - seems fitting. > When I read this word, I hear bad actors saying lines like "Me give-um you heap big wampum you not kill me!" on 1950s Cowboys-and-Indians movies. Perhaps that association isn't there any more, but I think that every time we use a North American Indian word on one of our projects, we run the risk of going a little too far across the line of what is respectful of a much-abused subculture in the United States. -- If we only live, We too will go to sea in a Sieve,--- To the hills of the Chankly Bore! --Apple-Mail-7-120506950 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Oct 29, 2008, = at 07:32, Joe Orton wrote:

On = Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:12:51AM -0700, Paul Querna wrote:
I've added the Simple MPM to = trunk:
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/server/mpm/simple/

Great!

- The name. = Someone suggest something better than = "Simple".

I like naming projects by grepping the = dictionary, and grepping for
'm.*p.*m' came up with "wampum" = (amongst 1173 others ;), which is a
North American Indian word, = apparently - seems = fitting.

When I = read this word, I hear bad actors saying lines like "Me give-um you heap = big wampum you not kill me!" on 1950s Cowboys-and-Indians movies. = Perhaps that association isn't there any more, but I think that every = time we use a North American Indian word on one of our projects, we run = the risk of going a little too far across the line of what is respectful = of a much-abused subculture in the United = States.

If we only = live,

We too will go to sea in a = Sieve,---

To the hills of the Chankly = Bore!

= --Apple-Mail-7-120506950--