---------------------------------------------------------------------- mod_perl digest February 11, 2001 - February 17, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1] - development: 1.25_01-dev [2] o Apache - stable: 1.3.17 (released January 29, 2001) [3] - development: 1.3.18-dev [4] o Perl - stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5] - development: 5.7 [6] module announcements o HTML::Embperl 1.3.1 - a module for embedding Perl code in HTML pages that includes building pages/sites out of small reusable objects/components and session handling [7] o Apache::Toolkit (beta) - a mod_perl / Apache interface to Template::Toolkit [8] o AxKit 1.3 - 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. [9] mailing list highlights o A few non-mod_perl modules were announced this week on the list: Cache::Cache 0.01 - successor to File::Cache and IPC::Cache [10] lingerd 0.93 - daemon that manages closing sockets for Apache [11] o $r->path_info seems to be gaining lots of attention of late. Here is a thread that examines the difference between calling it when the URI translates to a real file versus a virtual one. [12] o Long thread of the week goes to trying to integrate cron-like functionality within Apache [13] o Apache::LogSTDERR is looking to a maintainer [14] o The O'Reilly Network is looking for article authors [15] [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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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/grunswundoi [8] http://take23.org/news/2001/02/16/apacheTemplate.xml [9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/jolbunyang [10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/flouchypou [11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zorprayplil [12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/stixfrandshul [13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/swydwozhoo [14] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-dev&m=98219639413337&w=2 [15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/breejexswee [16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/chuncrumrerd [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