Re: cache.log messages and user help.

On 03/03/2009 12:22 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> I've been looking at the most frequently visited pages of the Squid
> code guide I'm hosting.
>
> It looks like a fair amount of the visitors are arriving from search
> engine results of squid FATAL messages. particular the pinger and out
> of FD messages.
>
> What are the opinions about adding a wikiRef() message to cache.log
> before each FATAL: or serious WARNING: that links to a wiki search for
> the troubleshooting info about solving that message?
>
> It would mean being more consistent about adding any fatal messages
> each feature outputs to the feature pages. And writing good help ;)
Displaying a relevant URL as a part of some level-0 and level-1 messages
seems like a good idea to me. We just need an API or a marker (e.g., a
global InfoUrl() function call that accepts a URL and returns it) so
that such URLs can be easily found and changed in the source code if
needed. We should not assume they will all point to the wiki, IMO. URL
inclusion should be optional.

Thank you,

Alex.
Received on Tue Mar 03 2009 - 16:05:52 MST