[Backgroundrb-devel] where do uncaught exceptions printouts go?

[Jim Morris]

Was this update checked into rubyforge, because script/plugin update says the plugin doesn't exist?

Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
> 	Ok, I just committed an update to the plugin. I fixed exception  
> handling so if your workers throw an error the full error message,  
> class of error and complete backtrace will get printed to the log  
> file. Sorry about the hassle finding this bug. It happened when I  
> added the job canceling and handling code. I forgot to put the begin  
> rescue end block inside of the Thread.new block. Its all fixed now.
> 
> 	I also added Michael Klien's accessed based timestamps patch. It  
> doesn't change the external interface to how you use things but it  
> changes the way timestamps are stored. Now timestamps are stored as a  
> hash of attributes instead of an array. This allows workers expiry to  
> act like sessions in that the time to live will be updated evey time  
> a worker is accessed. So it will update the timestamp when it gets  
> accessed and push the time to live forward again. This allows the  
> worker to expire based on time to live since the worker was last  
> accessed. So this worker will expire 300 seconds after the last time  
> it was accessed.
> 
> session[:job_key] = MiddleMan.new_worker(:class => :foo_worker,
>                                                                          
>            :args => "Bar",
>                                                                          
>            :ttl => 300,
>                                                                          
>            :expire_type => :accessed )
> 
> 
> 	I also added a CONTRIBUTORS file to the plugin. Please have a look  
> and remind me if I missed anyone who had a patch or enhancement applied.
> 
> 	I am in the process of adding breakpoint support to the plugin so  
> you can set breakpoints and inspect your workers and other state.  
> Along with this will be a small stats system so you can get stats  
> about all your running workers and timestamps and what the drb server  
> is working on. Should have this stuff done this week some time.
> 
> 
> Cheers-
> -Ezra
> 
> PS. Thanks everyone for using and abusing this to help ferret out any  
> bugs and missing features. This is a fun plugin to work on and with  
> and I think it will only get better.
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