Re: [MiNT] AtariForge

[Rob Mahlert <rmahlert@charter.net>]

Mark Duckworth wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:32 -0700, Frederic Fouche wrote:
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>>Not to sound too picky or a pain in the butt, whoever is designing
>>http://dev.sparemint.org/ should make sure that php is used as
>>sparingly as possible. Same goes to mysql connection. The more you use
>>static, the better. (unless your page needs dynamic content). But for
>>a simple welcome page, you might want to redesign it to access better
>>load, So errors like Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Can't connect to local
>>MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
>>in /var/www/dev.sparemint.org/connect.php on line 8
>>Access to the sparemint database was denied... Sorry.. Please inform
>>the webmaster
>>would not occur.
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>Oops,  power outage and for some reason MySQL doesn't come back up right
>on reboot.  Stupid debian.  Anyway, when the sparemint site is done I
>intend to host it on more reliable hosting (atariforge servers) that is
>if Rob gives the final blessing.  Where it's at now is fine for dev
>work.  aoi is a reliable server too, I just keep screwing with stuff for
>development too.  I use .php for all pages for consistency and
>flexibility.  It adds virtually no additional load to put html inside
>a .php file with no php code, yet at the same time reduces the need to
>change stuff crazily later.  I understand your concerns and they're
>valid but this is definitely my style and I'll be sticking to it... I'm
>already too deep in a dynamic setup too.. the entire site is dynamic and
>database driven and it's a good thing IMHO because all of the dependency
>resolution and such will be done on the server due to my poor C coding
>skills ;)
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>Thanks,
>Mark
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Mark,
           To be honest.. I will let Frank decide. He's the maintainer
of FreeMint. If Frank gives his blessings, I will allow it on the server.
Just so you know Mark, the server is running Debian 3.1  latest 'stable'
php, mysql..etc. So don't use any php 5 stuff.

Rob