From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: Re: kernel.org mirroring (Re: [GIT PULL] MMC update) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:39:03 -0500 Message-ID: <20061207193903.GE12143@spearce.org> References: <45744FA3.7020908@zytor.com> <45778AA3.7080709@zytor.com> <4577A84C.3010601@zytor.com> <45785697.1060001@zytor.com> <457868AA.2030605@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 19:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Kernel Org Admin , Git Mailing List , Jakub Narebski Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GsP5n-0007sS-1U for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:39:39 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1163229AbWLGTjg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:39:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1163231AbWLGTjg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:39:36 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:35219 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1163229AbWLGTjf (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:39:35 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GsP57-0006Ki-R1; Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:38:57 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D7CF20FB6E; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:39:03 -0500 (EST) To: Linus Torvalds Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > I'm surprised that Apache can't do that. Or maybe it can, and it just > needs some configuration entry? I don't know apache.. I realize that > because Apache doesn't know before-hand whether something is cacheable or > not, it must probably _default_ to running the CGI scripts to the same > address in parallel, but it would be stupid to not have the option to > serialize. AFAIK it doesn't have such an option, for basically the reason you describe. I worked on a project which had much more difficult to answer queries than gitweb and were also very popular. Yes, the system died under any load, no matter how much money was thrown at it. :-) > That said, from some of the other horrors I've heard about, "stupid" may > be just scratching at the surface. It is. :-) --