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mod_perl digest
December 10, 2000 - December 16, 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 advocacy
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::VMonitor 0.5 - emulates the reporting functionalities of
top(), mount(), df(), and ifconfig() utilities [7]
o HTML::Template 2.1 - makes using HTML templates simple and natural
by extending standard HTML with a few new HTML-esque tags [8]
o HTML::Mason 0.895 - allows web pages and sites to be constructed
from shared, reusable building blocks called components, which
contain a mix of Perl and HTML and can call each other and pass
values back and forth like subroutines [9]
mailing list highlights
o Although everyone ought to know by now that Apache 1.3.14 requires
Apache::Session [10]
Template Toolkit [11]
Hello World 2000 [12]
o A suggested patch to Apache::ReadConfig (ApacheReadConfig)
prohibits PerlModule and PerlRequire from being activated
by <Perl> sections [13]
o A few tips on writing STDOUT to a string [14]
o Some pitfalls to be aware of when trying to expire cookies [15]
o Long thread of the week goes to a discussion on forking a process
from mod_perl. There's lots of interesting stuff in this one [16]
o The mod_perl Center for Linguistic Studies awards go to...
Aaron Johnson [17]
Tim Bunce [18]
;)
o A comparison of webmail servers WING and TWIG [19]
o For anyone who was wondering how Apache::DBI handles transactions
(or wondering what a transaction is, for that matter) there is
a nice description here [20]
advocacy
o Still overflowing from the past week, there are a number of active
threads on mod_perl advocacy. The most focused of these was
dedicated to mod_perl tutorials [21].
FAQ of the week
Yikes, 1.3.14 is two months old and we saw this twice this week...
o I'm trying to make mod_perl with Apache 1.3.14, but see the error:
"Apache Version 1.3.0 required, aborting..."
Using mod_perl with Apache 1.3.14 requires an upgrade to 1.24-01
(or some hacking around). Get the latest version from the mod_perl
distribution page [22]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [23]
o mod_perl documentation [24]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [25]
o mod_perl homepage [26]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [27]
o mod_perl list archives [28]
happy mod_perling...
--Geoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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/sougoipand
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/mimpshaxyand
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/flekhusol
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whimpfleezil
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/perkeebrao
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/swimpsneecru
[13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=97659957700001&w=2&r=1
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/creebreglang
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/crertonstah
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/plorulrin
[17] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/smixdermgling
[18] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/peldskintwang
[19] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/thermblelfru
[20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/spintwelzhy
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/croocrixswix
[22] http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl-1.24_01.tar.gz
[23] http://perl.apache.org
[24] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[25] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[26] http://www.modperl.com
[27] http://www.take23.org
[28] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/