On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 18:04, Kurt Jansson wrote:
Could we set the set the length of the watchlist to 50 or something like that per default, and not making it dependent of the length you choose in the preferences for the RecentChanges?
Well, that wouldn't help for performance as the data goes through a temporary table. Basically the DB's grabbing your *entire* watchlist, then only sending the most recent X items to the wiki for formatting in a list.
Even with a second server, and the software and database being faster, how long will it take until this again isn't enough because articles, editors and visitors should be growing exponentially in theory. There will be the foundation, and maybe we'll get some money through it and can buy new hardware, but will it be sufficient? And for how long?
How long will the internet be able to deal with all those new users? Won't we run out of IP addresses if IPv6 never rolls out? When will the sun burn out, leaving the earth a lifeless ball of coal?? :) Hopefully, we'll be able to keep up.
And aren't there other important things we could spend the money on, if an other free project or a university would host us for free? But maybe I cherish an illusion here.
Do feel free to ask other free projects and universities if they'd be interested in supporting the project...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)