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Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOM
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Vlad Harchev |
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Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE |
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Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:13:29 +0500 (SAMST) |
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Vlad Harchev wrote:
>
> I researched strange behaviour of SOURCE_CACHE. It turned out that I just
> interupted downloading every time I was testing (to save time), and lynx
> starting from some verion younger than dev14 doesn't cache documents
> downloading of which was interupted (CacheThru_abort is responsible for
> this).
>
> From logical POV, new behaviour is more correct than previous for most users.
> But I think it would be useful to add a lynx.cfg setting like
> SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE or something like this - otherwise the change
> of behaviour can be considered as "loss of control" (even if user interrupted
> downloading file, they deserved the right to see the source of _that_
> document, not new copy that will be fetched - and to get new behaviour with
> old behaviour user just has to do ^R).
>
> Currently lynx don't cache incomplete document independant of the
> "cache-control" and "expires" headers.
>
> Lenonid - did you also interrupt downloading while testing pre1? :)
>
> Best regards,
> -Vlad
Could anybody comment on this?
May be it would be better to restore the old behaviour unconditionally?
Best regards,
-Vlad
- lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/06
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- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Philip Webb, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/07
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Leonid Pauzner, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Leonid Pauzner, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/09
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Klaus Weide, 2000/04/08
- Re: lynx-dev SOURCE_CACHE "problem" - proposal of SOURCE_CACHE_FOR_INCOMPLETE, Vlad Harchev, 2000/04/09