discuss: modifiability of docs: final decision
Subject:
Re: modifiability of docs: final decision
From:
Martin Wheeler ####@####.####
Date:
6 Mar 2005 16:43:59 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503061638270.5842@chaucer.startext.demon.co.uk>
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 ####@####.#### wrote:
> I saw The_LDP_Generator page as a front end to a PHP or CGI script that
> simply assembled the requested collection into some form of package (tar.gz,
> tgz, rpm etc). Then I considered the fact that allowing users to randomly run
> a process on the web server that generates and uploads files of up to 600Mb
> probably isn't a great idea.
It's a bummer.
I should know -- I did on one of my servers which was hosting the Linux
Dictionary at the time, and allowed 900 Mb files to be generated 'on the
fly'.
I eventually had to suspend the service because of the operational
problems it caused.
> I imagine it would take a while to generate such
> a file ...
Oh, generating them is fine. It's when you try to deliver them to the
clown who dialled in on a 56k modem that your troubles begin ...
cheers,
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