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Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:22:15 +0100
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Subject: Re: [mod_fcgid] Feedback / Suggestions
From: Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@gmail.com>
To: dev@httpd.apache.org
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On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Edgar Frank <ef-lists@email.de> wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be better to have the backend tell the frontend that it
>> supports this feature? Manual configuration should be avoided if
>> possible.
>
> Yes, you're right. In a FCGI_GET_VALUES request, the backend can send
> arbitrary name-value-pairs. Unfortunately there is no standard way to tell the
> frontend that this feature is supported. Maybe, making the name (and expected
> value) of this name-value-pair configurable in mod_fcgid could be a reasonable
> way.

Doesn't sound reasonable either. If you introduce such a feature, it
should simply be coordinated with other FastCGI stakeholders.

Olaf