Re: APC in trunk

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith <mls@pooteeweet.org>wrote: > > On 20.06.2010, at 22:21, Lester Caine wrote: > > > ( Foregot to change address again :( ) > > Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > >> What are your views on including APC in the core, or reasons not to? > > > > Dictatorship? > > Optional module which have well used alternatives should not be proced on > by default! Probably more people use alternatives and have for years? > > > probably not actually .. my guess is that the vast majority of users do not > use any byte code cache today. this could be our effort to reduce co2 > emissions world wide. > Are you sure? Usually installing an opcode cache is the first optimalization effort for every php project. I'ts easy, it's transparent, and can give a vast amount of performance boost, so - shared hosting providers install it, because they can oversell more - ppl who can run dedicated server/vps usually knowledgeable enough to install it right away > > +1 on adding apc to trunk > +0 about enabling apc by default .. or rather undecided at this point. > > I prefer xcache, but I think that its better adding apc to the core, than nothing at all. Why should this be disabled by default? I never had any problem using xcache. Maybe that it has no gain if you only use php for cli or cgi. Tyrael