| Subject: | Port for SD browser |
| Date: | Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:44:51 +1100 |
| To: | bug-App-SD [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | Brett Nash <nash [...] nash.id.au> |
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> - Port 8080 is really weird port to choose for a local service by
>
> Is it really? http_alt is pretty standard for running non-root
> webservers as. Though I'm not sure there are any particular
> disadvantages to choosing another default port. Can you open this up
> as a new bug if you still think it's worthwhile to do, and perhaps
> give a suggestion for a different port?
The reasons I think port 8080 is bad choice for such things is
essentially the reasons you listed.
8080 is normally used for non-root webservices: often they are already
configured when you fire up sd (it is on most of my machines ;-). So
for something which starts a temporary service it seems strange to go
after a recognised port number. If you are going to run an sd borwser
instance permanently you are probably going to have it set up as a
service so putting --port 8080 makes sense in the init script or
whatever. Port 8080 is also often used for proxy ports (for people who
have to either ssh tunnel out of a firewall from their local machine or
for services like junkbuster).
Else a nice place I can put it in a config file I'd be happy ;-)
Regards,
nash