-#define STATUS_IDLE 1
-#define STATUS_RUNNING 2 // currently running child process on head(requests)
-#define STATUS_ABORTED 3 // child process running, but head(requests) aborted
-#define STATUS_SHUTDOWN 4 // waiting for child process to shut down
+#define STATUS_READY 1 // things are initialized and can work
+// there used to be more possible values, things got streamlined...