From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25650 invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2003 18:00:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cgen-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cgen-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 25594 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2003 18:00:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ns2.jaj.com) (66.93.21.106) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 11 Jun 2003 18:00:49 -0000 Received: by ns2.jaj.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id DF27C2DB81; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:00:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:00:00 -0000 From: Phil Edwards To: Doug Evans Cc: overseers@sources.redhat.com, cgen@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: large web pages Message-ID: <20030611180048.GA19841@disaster.jaj.com> References: <20030611080838.A848BB536@mail.sebabeach.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030611080838.A848BB536@mail.sebabeach.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-SW-Source: 2003-q2/txt/msg00098.txt.bz2 On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:08:38AM -0700, Doug Evans wrote: > To what extent should I be concerned with overtaxing sources' resources [sic] > with large web pages? I haven't a clue what the threshold is before I > should be concerned. Suggestions? I have no clue either, but I will mention that a certain directory tree on the webserver is gzip'd nightly. If the browser indicates that it can handle gzip'd files, that's what the server sends. The original copy is also kept, for the sake of less capable browsers. For the life of me I can't recall which directory tree it is. I think it's everything that shows up under http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/. Phil -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams