Use of non-standard port numbers in sites running Dreamwidth code

[pauamma]

Currently, Dreamwidth supports (somewhat half-heartedly and clumsily) sites with user-visible URLs that look like http://www.example.com:6809/, and I've been wondering about a few things:

1- How many sites running Dreamwidth code actually use that feature? How many couldn't run without it?

2- If you're considering running a Dreamwidth-based site or are working on one, would it or does it need that feature to run?

3- If neither of the above applies to you, do you find that feature important, pleasant, infuriating, or neither? Why?

(Note: I'm not speaking of hosted Dreamhacks here, since even those that use another port internally are mapped to port 80 using Perlbal.)

Comments

[afuna]

Hmm, does it actually work? I was under the impression that that doesn't work at all currently (we have http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1895 for that)

[foxfirefey]

The one thing I can think it being really useful for is for people doing dev stuff on home machines. Sometimes internet providers block port 80.