On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 07:47:13AM +0800, Gunther Birznieks wrote:
> Very nice! Uses standard template system from CPAN instead of your own (a
> plus).
>
> I think the naming system is quite reasonable given that consists of
> multiple apache handlers for the application.
>
> Although one thing that maybe would be worth raising right now is that
> perhaps applications versus handlers on CPAN would be better off as
>
> Apache::App::XXXXX
>
> Rather than the core Apache::XXXX space.
>
> So Apache::Auth::XXXX for auth handlers
> Apache::App::XXXX for applications
>
> Right now there are so many Apache::XXXX and it's hard to tell without
> going in what it is considered an application and what is considered a
> piece to add to your toolkit of utilities.
Sounds resonable to me, what about issues with 2.0 and the Apache:: namespace?
> Another useful thing would be to give a brief history about why you wrote
> this. Not too many people write applications to give away as evidenced on
> this list -- usually because of concerns that the time that went into
> writing the app needs to be recouped by ROI.
>
> What is it about this application that allowed it genesis. Do you work for
> a University that needed something like this and they were amenable to open
> sourcing? Or did you work for a dotcom that specialized in domain name
> stuff (I know I've written at least one domain name registration web app
> several years ago) thats now dead and is allowing you to open souce your
> prior work? Or working for some place right now that is allowing you to
> open source? Or something else?
At work we have kind of a webclub where we have been sponsored machines and bandwidth
by the company we work for to have our own personal websites put up and since we would
rather not have people loging into our nameservers. So I came up with this idea and
since it works for us and we don't need a profit I thought I just might as well
release it. It's work done solely in my own time and has been on it's way for a good
few months now.
--
Thomas Eibner - <http://thomas.eibner.dk/>
