Feature/sonic boom

[jaswrks]

Important files to review as a part of the work in this PR:

• See cache.txt, which serves cache files via .htaccess and some jujumagumbo.

Noting that this is not yet MS compatible.
Noting that all of our .htaccess tweaks require Apache 2.2+

TODO

• Update this class member so that it considers the current mode of operation.
• Figure out how to deal with stored headers when serving cache files via .htaccess.
• Figure out how to deal with GZIP compression coupled with the possible use of mod_asis.
• Add a mode that will get this working on Ningx also; and perhaps resolve Cached files readable under Nginx comet-cache#435.

[raamdev]

I'm curious what these additional Auto-Cache options are for. Is there an associated GitHub issue?

[jaswrks]

I haven't figured this out yet, sorry.

My thinking is that I will try pull together a list of known permalinks and archives based on what is in the DB. That way the ACE will be capable of pre-caching a site for the most part, even when it lacks an XML sitemap.

This is a part of trying to accomplish a mode whereby ZenCache options could be preconfigured in such a way to create a sonic boom with very little effort on the part of a site owner. Those two options may or may not become a part of the UI directly, but having them in there might make it possible for different modes to be preconfigured in a future release.

[jaswrks]

ha.. I am actually using the term sonic boom when I talk about ZenCache now. That's funny.

[raamdev]

ha.. I am actually using the term sonic boom when I talk about ZenCache now.

We should totally work that into the UI somehow... "Enable (safest) | Enable (fastest) | Enable (sonic boom!)"

[jaswrks]

Adding TODO items above. Still needs research and some thought.

[raamdev]

@jaswsinc Just a heads up: You may want to merge 000000-dev into this branch sooner rather than later. It looks like there are already some merge conflicts you'll need to resolve. :-)

[raamdev]

Also noting that merging 000000-dev will cause the assets/ directory to now be managed under LFS.

[jaswrks]

Copy that. I'm going to leave this here for now, but I suspect I will need to start over on this effort to create a sonic boom. My feeling is that these changes for 5.4 should come first, and since that work is going to make it impossible to merge this branch in after, I'm thinking I should work on 5.4 enhancements first and come back to this later and try again.

[raamdev]

@jaswsinc I'm wondering if you'd be able to redo this PR now that the codebase has been updated for PHP 5.4. Doing so would give me a big head-start on everything that's going to go into a new Apache Optimizations panel, including the ability to use mod_rewrite to load cached files (see wpsharks/comet-cache#783).

[raamdev]

@jaswsinc Just noting that @renzms is currently working on several issues related to the Apache Optimizations panel (including adding the panel itself). You may want to hold off on redoing this PR until after that work:

wpsharks/comet-cache#765
wpsharks/comet-cache#764
wpsharks/comet-cache#554

[jaswrks]

Copy that. Thank you.

[jaswrks]

I'm closing this, but leaving the branch intact, for now; i.e., for future reference.