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mod_perl digest
April 8, 2001 - April 14, 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 news
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: 1.3.19 (released February 28, 2001) [3]
- development: 1.3.20-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6.1 (released April 9, 2001) [5]
- development: 5.7.1 [6]
module announcements
o Apache::AuthTicket 0.31 - implementation of a cookie based
authentication system similar to the ticket access system
described in the Eagle book [7]
mailing list highlights
o 58 patches to 2.0 this week! [8]
o A little expose on using constant subroutines as debug
constants [9] [10]
o Here are some hints on getting the elusive PerlSetVar PERL5LIB
configuration to work [11]
o A quick hack that allows you to pass off scripts to mod_cgi
based on their execution bit [12]
o Here is an Apache::FakeRequest-like script that also captures
calls to Apache::Request and Apache::Cookie [13]
o A patch for Apache::Session::Lock::File::clean() [14]
o There was some discussion about a small security risk in MD5
hashes, stemming from an example in the Eagle book [15]
news
o Netcraft mod_perl statistics are out for March [16]
mod_perl: 2,298,821 Domains, 244,201 IP Addresses
o Apacheweek released a conference report from ApacheCon US [17]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [18]
o mod_perl documentation [19]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [20]
o mod_perl homepage [21]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [22]
o mod_perl list archives [23] [24]
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.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz
[6] http://www.cpan.org/src/devel.tar.gz
[7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twenphalbran
[8] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&r=1&w=2
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/pynultol
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/goxskybril
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phanggexshu
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twexboonox
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/florweldspix
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/vexsixcloi
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/spoothixyim
[16] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=98698878715514&w=2
[17] http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/01-04-13
[18] http://perl.apache.org
[19] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[20] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[21] http://www.modperl.com
[22] http://www.take23.org
[23] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[24] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
