[squid-dev] Care and feeding of ConnStateData

[Amos Jeffries]

On 9/07/2016 6:19 a.m., Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On 07/07/2016 04:16 PM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> 
>> I certainly regret that you think anything at all of the current logic
>> should be retained in ConnStateData.
> 
> I do not think that. There are known/marked HTTP- and FTP-specific
> pieces in ConnStateData that should be moved. There are a couple of BB2
> pieces as well. And other stuff, I am sure (this is not a comprehensive
> list).
> 

I have made a comprehensive list of the parts which need to stay, the
remainder need to go...

> 
>> Whichever way we go what the ::Server needs is:
> 
> ... Snipped to avoid discussing complex design issues irrelevant for
> this thread. I agree with some of the items you listed, but not
> necessarily all of it, and there may be missing items...
> 

If you are going to throw away the technical details about what needs to
stay and what needs to go. Then we have reached a deadlock again.

We are planning how to go from a tangled ConnStateData to a clean and
documented ::Server. It is very important that we know and agree on what
the goal looks like before we try arguing approaches to get there.

Amos