DLL Bloat... Can I Remove?

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quest4denali
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07/27/2007 5:09 PM
Hello, In an attempt to remove some DLL bloat what would happen if I removed the entry from DotNetNuke.Authentication.ADSI it's associated assemblies? I don't use AD for my authentication. Thanks in advance, Ben

John Mitchell
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07/27/2007 5:14 PM
Good idea, nothing will happen if you are not using AD Authentication.

quest4denali
Posts:63

07/27/2007 5:34 PM
Thanks John. I've removed and everything seems to be working. I also took out XML Logging ( I use DB ) and User's Online ( don't use it... ). Is there any other dlls that I can remove? I have a pretty basic setup, just seems like a ton of dlls.

John Mitchell
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07/27/2007 5:40 PM
I can't think of any others off the top of my head unless you have modules installed that you are not using.

quest4denali
Posts:63

07/27/2007 5:42 PM
Hi, Trying hard to fight the bloat... you're the first person that has been able to help with what some of these entries actually do. Been searching and can't seem to locate what the following provider actually does AspNetMembershipProvider Also, the FileBasedCachingProvider provider section has two options FileBasedCachingProvider BroadcastPollingCachingProvider Do you know which options they are linked two?

John Mitchell
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07/27/2007 5:50 PM
You need ASPNetMembership. That is used for user login, profile and roles. FileBasedCachingProvider and BroadCastPollingCaching provider are used for Web Farm scenarios. I don't think you can remove the FileBasedCachingProvider though because it is also used for persistent caching.

quest4denali
Posts:63

07/27/2007 5:58 PM
What would happen if I removed BroadCastPollingCaching ? Do you think it would have an negative effect?

John Mitchell
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07/27/2007 6:00 PM
That could safely be removed. It is not even used unless you set it in the web.config.

quest4denali
Posts:63

07/27/2007 6:14 PM
Thanks John. With your help, managed to get rid of approx 10 dlls. Sometimes doesn't make sense to load the Swiss Army knife when all you ever do is spread butter.

John Mitchell
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07/27/2007 6:19 PM
LOL - That's a great analogy. And a problem with DNN that gets worse with every release.

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