Roxen.git/ server/ base_server/ configuration.pike

2001-06-15

2001-06-15 01:21:22 by Martin Stjernholm <mast@lysator.liu.se>

• 7848aeb628c436fb5a9aae23d624f3503c25f349 (24 lines) (+22/-2) ^{[ Show | Annotate ]}
  Branch: 5.2

Documented the compat_level setting, both for users and developers.

Rev: server/base_server/configuration.pike:1.436

1:   // A vitual server's main configuration   // Copyright © 1996 - 2000, Roxen IS. - constant cvs_version = "$Id: configuration.pike,v 1.435 2001/06/13 13:45:23 per Exp $"; + constant cvs_version = "$Id: configuration.pike,v 1.436 2001/06/15 01:21:22 mast Exp $";   #include <module.h>   #include <module_constants.h>   #include <roxen.h>
3196:    defvar("compat_level", Variable.StringChoice (    "", roxen.compat_levels, 0,    DLOCALE(246, "Compatibility level"), -  DLOCALE(0, ""))); +  DLOCALE(0, "The compatibility level is used by different modules to select " +  "the right behavior to remain compatible with earlier Roxen " +  "versions. When a server configuration is created, this variable " +  "is set to the latest version. After that it's never changed " +  "automatically, thereby ensuring that server configurations " +  "migrated from earlier Roxen versions is kept at the right " +  "compatibility level.\n" +  "<p>\n" +  "This variable may be changed manually, but it's advisable to " +  "test the site carefully afterwards. A reload of the whole " +  "server configuration is required to propagate the change properly " +  "to all modules.")));    set ("compat_level", roxen.__roxen_version__); -  +  // Note to developers: This setting can be accessed through +  // id->conf->query("compat_level") or similar, but observe that that +  // call is not entirely cheap. It's therefore advisable to put it in +  // a local variable if the compatibility level is to be tested +  // frequently. It's perfectly all right to do that in e.g. the +  // module start function, since the documentation explicitly states +  // that a reload of all modules is necessary to propagate a change +  // the setting.       defvar("LogFormat",    "404: $host $referer - [$cern_date] \"$method $resource $protocol\" 404 -\n"