StartServers

[David Robinson <dr...@ast.cam.ac.uk>]

Can anyone think of a good reason for StartServers to default to 5? As far as
I can tell, MinFreeServers and MaxFreeServers supply all the control required
for all but the busiest sites; changing StartServers should almost _never_ be
needed.

However, if you wish to reduce MinFreeServers to below 5, (a common setting
for low usage sites) then one has to change StartServers. (To avoid
extra processes being started and then killed.)

Summary: StartServers is irrelevant, and its default should reflect this.
The default should either be 1, or (better) MinFreeServers.

 David.