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Subject: Re: 2.4 new features
From: Lucien Gentis <lucien.gentis@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr>
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:39:27 +0200
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Le 11 avr. 2011 =E0 19:15, Nick Kew a =E9crit :

> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:53:16 +0200
> Lucien Gentis <lucien.gentis@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> 1st Question:
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>> It's said at the beginning of trunk/en/new_features_2_4.html "This =
document describes some of the major changes between the 2.2 and 2.4 =
versions of the Apache HTTP Server."
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>> Why only "some" ?
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>> Would it mean that some other major changes will never appear in this =
document ?
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> It's conservative language.  It means noone is going to point at =
something
> that's been overlooked and rubbish our documents for making false =
claims.
> That's very natural to me.  If you find it strange, I guess that could =
be
> a cultural difference between our countries.

So it could be interesting to know what other non-english native =
speaking people think of that, to know if it has to be taken in account.

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>> 2nd Question, same file:
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>> mod_slotmem_shm
>> Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard).
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>> This module permits to save/restore memory segments when server =
restarts ; but could someone explain "ala the scoreboard" ?
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> Not really a very useful comment!
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> I guess it's historic.  First we had the scoreboard.  Then the =
scoreboard
> expanded by feature creep to places where it was the wrong solution.
> The slotmem rationalises the situation, providing for the kind of
> application that was squatting in the scoreboard.
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> Whether it really makes sense to have both slotmem and socache
> modules is another question ...

As said Rich, I'll ask to the author of this line

Thanks

Lucien

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Lucien Gentis
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