Le 11 avr. 2011 à 19:15, Nick Kew a écrit : > On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:53:16 +0200 > Lucien Gentis <lucien.gen...@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 1st Question: >> >> 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." >> >> Why only "some" ? >> >> Would it mean that some other major changes will never appear in this >> document ? > > 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. > >> 2nd Question, same file: >> >> mod_slotmem_shm >> Provides a Slot-based shared memory provider (ala the scoreboard). >> >> This module permits to save/restore memory segments when server restarts ; >> but could someone explain "ala the scoreboard" ? > > Not really a very useful comment! > > 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. > > 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 > > -- > Nick Kew > > Available for work, contract or permanent. > http://www.webthing.com/~nick/cv.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docs-h...@httpd.apache.org > Lucien Gentis SIRET Faculté de Médecine - Nancy lucien.gen...@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr 03 83 68 30 62 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: docs-h...@httpd.apache.org
