[Zope] why will FastCGI not be supported in the Future.

[Gerhard Schmidt]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:23:04PM +0100, Andreas Jung wrote:
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> --On 28. November 2005 13:28:20 +0000 Jens Vagelpohl <jens at dataflake.org> 
> wrote:
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> >On 28 Nov 2005, at 13:25, Gerhard Schmidt wrote:
> >>>It's a matter of resources, plain and simple. No one has stepped
> >>>forward to support it, so it atrophied. If you think it's a great
> >>>thing to keep, volunteer.
> >>
> >>I would if I had the time and the knowlege. But I don't see a Problem
> >>with the Code right now. As I said i runs here perfectly smooth.
> >
> >"It works" and "is supported" are two different things. "Is  supported"
> >also means there are people who will come forward and help  out when the
> >code breaks or when people ask questions about it. As  you have seen
> >yourself, no one does. The answer is (and will remain,  unless someone
> >volunteers): Use at your own peril.
> 
> I agree. There should be one supported way to achive a goal. In the past we 
> had at least three methods to run Zope (fortunately we kicked PCGI support
> in the past). My suggestion is to deprecate FCGI officially in the docs and 
> through a deprecation warning and to kick it at some time (not necessarily 
> after two release cycles). So people can still use but they should know 
> that they are using a deprecated feature...objections?

Sure I object. Why should perfectly working code be removed. There is 
no alternativ for heavy loaded sites which need integration of apache 
and zope. mod_proxy is no alternativ because it raises the load even 
further. 

Bye 
	Estartu 

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