Filtered I/O in Apache?

jmallett asks: "I tried using the latest Apache (2.0a7) but I had worse problems with unfiltered IO than I had in 2.0a6. I have a section at the bottom of my page that contains the uptime (generated by an SSI), which showed up only half the time in 2.0a6, and almost NEVER in 2.0a7 (where I had to do it in CGI because SSI seems totally borked). Why is unfiltered IO such an advantage other than it frees up Apache? Unless the pipe is kept open, and the output size determined ahead of time, it doesn't seem like this works for some things. Is there any way to enable filtered IO and SSI in Apache 2.0a7?"

Apache 2.0 status

[Anonymous Coward]

If I read your question correctly, you are using SSI. There is currently a discussion on new-httpd to redesign mod_include, the Apache module which implements SSI.

Redesigning and implementing a new module takes time; nevertheless, David Reid and Ryan Bloom have fixed some issues in the current module. Those changes will be in Apache 2.0a8.

Please remember that this is an alpha-level distribution. We'd appreciate it, if you would spend some of your time to help improve Apache and submit bugs to the Apache bugs database [apache.org].

Thank you.