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mod_perl digest
January 14, 2001 - January 20, 2001
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
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::ProxyRewrite 0.11 - a reverse-proxy that will rewrite URLs
embedded in HTML documents [7]
o Apache::DBI 0.88 - persistent database connections [no reference]
o AxKit 1.2 - XML Application Server for Apache. It provides
on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or
text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom
code. [8]
o mod_perm is on the prowl [9]
mailing list highlights
o Some thoughts on upgrading an installation in production [10]
o Two useful non-mod_perl based modules were announced on the list:
HTTP::GHTTP 1.06 - a very lightweight C/XS based HTTP
downloader [11]
MysqlTool 0.80 - a web interface for managing one or more mysql
server installations [12]
o If you are interested in a SpeedyCGI v. mod_perl debate, this one
has been going on since December [13] [14]
o There may be a bug in the way mod_perl handles STDIN and STDOUT
in respect to fileno(). Nobody has commented on it yet [15]
o More performance related stuff - this time related to how Apache
manages MaxSpareServers internally [16]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [17]
o mod_perl documentation [18]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [19]
o mod_perl homepage [20]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [21]
o mod_perl list archives [22] [23]
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/wholsmimcloo
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zhulhehrox
[9] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97978201810370&w=2
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/thaphexwon
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/joumimpverd
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/heemumclend
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/steldflerdflen
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/snangthelsen
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dwoxmixsnen
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/spartwimptun
[17] http://perl.apache.org
[18] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[19] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[20] http://www.modperl.com
[21] http://www.take23.org
[22] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[23] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
