(I tried to reply to the new PHP thingy mail before, but my mails bounced. Resubscribed and trying again)
Since the switch to the new FastCGI PHP wrapper, I observe some problems with my tools:
1. When using the gzip output handler (default on my tools), output dies after a screen or two with: "Content Encoding Error The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression."
2. Intermittent, output of longer-running scripts dies (again, in the middle of the run): "Internal Server Error (500) The server encountered an internal error and is unable to complete your request at this time. If the problem persists, please contact the owner of the tool you are trying to use and inform them of this error, quoting the following information: * Request host: toolserver.org * Request path: GET /~magnus/flickr2commons.php"
3. Accessing external sites from the toolserver (e.g., copying files from flickr to reupload them on Commons) dies in >50% of the cases.
So, yes, I do see significant problems with the wrapper as it is now.
Magnus
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