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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: patch available: new http cache strategy for low-bandwidth
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-28 12:33:27
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On Fri November 28 2003 13:07, MG wrote:
> Waldo: I am forwarding it to you since it seems I haven't made myself clear
> enough of what my patch is doing.

Your patch explained the rest :-)

> > Well, according to this then, If I went to Slashdot.org today, then went
> > to it again 6 hours from now, it would show the same page?
>
> No. After 120 seconds it would verify the webpage again.  Think of it as a
> reverse timeout: Only if the 120 seconds are expired are http requests sent
> again, and only if it is not the top HTML page.

This is basically the same as the normal "expire-date" send by the webserver, 
only difference is that you now force it to a certain minimum value. Makes 
perfect sense to have that as option, could of course break some websites 
that rely on fresh contents such as webcams but you can't have it all.

Cheers,
Waldo
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