[wp-hackers] Caching as part of the core

[Almog Baku]

Hey Andrew,
Disappointing the authors is really good reason as you say, because it can
demage our comminity and avoiding the contributing..
BUT, from the other side- we prevent the common user from caching.

Maybe the right solution is like drupal- making the basic caching by the
core- and the advanced and improved caching by the third-party plugins..
In this way, we can save our developers to extend and improve the caching
system(by caching hooks and offering other services like cdn, special
filtering, image cache, etc..) and in the same time to offer the common
user basic caching.

About CloudFlare- it seems a really great service.. BUT it really bad for
website who not in the U.S like Israel :)


The current status, by my opinion, putting us in a really low position
comparing the alternatives. Caching is really basic.

~ Almog.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew at graymerica.com> wrote:

> One of the best reasons to keep Caching out of the core, (in addition to
>  those listed so far) is that you would immediately take away a pet project
> from the developers who have put a lot of work into their caching solutions.
>
> Each person who maintains a caching plugin, does so for their own reasons,
> but to cut off the innovation and work they put in and  require a core
> commit every time they update would be not a good move.
>
> My  only suggestion would be to expand on the transient cache and promote
> the use of that by plugin authors.      Maybe add a clear all transients or
> way to see what it in cache in the backend somewhere.   Maybe making
> transient extendable would bridget the gap.
>
> By promoting an official way to store and retrieve cached information, it
> would provide a more common interface for plugin developers (who might use
> it, instead of rolling their own)
>
> I am not advocating including xCache, APC cache, MemCache, WinCache,
> Ca$hCache into core, just providing a common point for them to all hook in.
>
> One more thing,  if you are not putting Cloud Flare in front of your
> sites, you are missing out.   It is quite nice and worth the minimal money
> they charge for it.   We have cut our server usage down by about 75% on
> some high traffic sites.
>
> Just my thoughts,
>
> Andrew
>
>
> PS: As my favorite WP t-shirt states,  C.R.E.A.M  "Cache Rules Everything
> Around Me"
>
>
>
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