V4 VCL roadmappery...

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Mar 20 13:56:30 CET 2013


In message <CABUevEw2P64dcayQ2_rH_ZR-_sX7YcG95qb7q2wQJ4o_hNHyCg at mail.gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander writes:

>> vcl_fetch{} becomes vcl_reponse{}
>>
>> A new vcl_fetch{}
>>

>Maybe I'm coming in late to this game, but is it really necessary to
>reuse the old name? I'm seeing a lot of confusion amongst people for
>the simple reuse of "purge" in version 3 to mean something completely
>different to what it used to mean. This sounds like it could be even
>worse... Probably a lot less confusing if a completely new name can be
>invented, if it's a new function that does something else...

Suggest a better name ?

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