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mod_perl digest
December 3, 2000 - December 9, 2000
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
o news
o FAQ of the week
o links
mod_perl status
o mod_perl
- stable: 1.24_01 (released October 10, 2000) [1]
- development: 1.24_02-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.14 (released October 13, 2000) [3]
- development: 1.3.15-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development: 5.7 [6]
module announcements
o Apache::SSI 2.16 - implementation of Server Side Includes that
provides a subclassable interface allowing you to define your
own SSI tags [7]
o HTML-Embperl 1.3.0 - a module for embedding Perl code in HTML
pages that includes building pages/sites out of small reusable
objects/components and session handling [8]
o Apache-Dispatch 0.08 - call PerlHandlers with the ease of
Registry scripts [9]
o Apache::ASP 2.07 - provides an Active Server Pages port to for
Perl scripting only, and enables the development of dynamic web
applications with session management and embedded perl code [10]
mailing list highlights
o While not specifically for mod_perl, the first release of lingerd
- a daemon (service) designed to take over the job of TCP/IP
lingering_closes - made its debut this week [11]
o take23.org - one stop shopping for mod_perl news and info - also
made its debut this week [12]
o Some debugging techniques and tools for people writing mod_perl
handlers were discussed [13]
o For the security minded, running Apache using chroot can offer
another level of protection. This thread contains some thoughts
as well as links to additional information [14]
news
o Netcraft mod_perl statistics are out for September [15]
1,524,620 Domains, 197,931 IP Addresses
FAQ of the week
o What can be done to better advocate mod_perl?
Apparently, everyone has an opinion :) There were several
threads this week that focused on mod_perl advocacy. It all
started (this time) with Stas sending out an RFC [16]. This
spawned 21 related threads (by my count). The largest of these
is now 104 messages long [17]. Some of the more focused
departures are about
easier installation [18]
certification [19]
object orientation [20]
Sorting through all these is an exercise left to the reader...
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [21]
o mod_perl documentation [22]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [23]
o mod_perl homepage [24]
o mod_perl list archives [25]
happy mod_perling...
--Geoff
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[1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/
[2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/
[3] http://www.apache.org/dist/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable
[6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel
[7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/skiltehsmex
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/joskumsteld
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/mandquygri
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phinbliwhox
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/queelahsteh
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glungrablar
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/skingthendblex
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/stimlorthen
[15] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97594404107042&w=2
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twimralnan
[17] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/sneflarskimp
[18] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/swarbrahox
[19] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dumgexdwah
[20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/prerdrerchul
[21] http://perl.apache.org
[22] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[23] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/
[24] http://www.modperl.com
[25] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
