"Christopher H. Laco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Geoffrey Young wrote:
>
>>>While I'm sure my opinion is extremely low on the totem, I'd much prefer:
>>>
>>> $ENV{MOD_PERL} and $ENV{MOD_PERL_VERSION}
>> yeah, I was going to suggest something along these lines. perhaps
>> MOD_PERL_API_VERSION which we can use to affect abi compat or something. I
>> just didn't know if the overhead of another mandatory insertion into %ENV
>> was worth it, but we may be leaving ourselves with no recourse here.
>
> That's what led me to the other option of actually setting $ENV{MOD_PERL} to
> the verion instead of just true; the two birds with one stone thing.
But we can't wind the clock back for mp1, so whatever its
been producing in $ENV{MOD_PERL} isn't something we
should try to change now. +1 for either documenting the format
of $ENV{MOD_PERL} so folks can parse it, or (preferably)
creating a new env variable that contains either the
version number or the API generation.
--
Joe Schaefer
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