Jakub Narebski wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, Petr Baudis wrote: > > > I have stupid question, common to both the original patch and this > > RFC. > > > > > [RFC PATCH 10/10] gitweb: Show appropriate "Generating..." page when > > > regenerating cache (WIP) > > > > Just why is a "Generating..." page appropriate? > > > > I have to admit I hate it; can you please at least make it > > configurable? Why is it needed at all? It generates unnecessary > > redirects, clears my previous page in the browser by a useless > > placeholder, confuses non-interactive HTTP clients and I just can't > > see the real purpose. > Note that the JavaScript-using Ajax-y version from the following patch > '[RFC PATCH 11/10] gitweb: Ajax-y "Generating..." page when > regenerating cache (WIP)' > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/137896 > is not visible in browser history, as it simply replaces "Generating..." > page with the result. So there is no 'unnecessary redirect', and there > is no 'useless placeholder' in browser history. Actually I have checked and the version used on git.kernel.org does show "Generating..." page, but it does not appear in the history. I guess that refresh with no URL does not count as redirect. -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html