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mod_perl digest
May 13, 2001 - May 19, 2001
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o cvs patches
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: 1.3.21-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6.1 (released April 9, 2001) [5]
- development: 5.7.1 [6]
cvs patches
o adjust perl_clear_symtab() to deal properly bleedperl's version of
cv_undef() (which broke modules with directive handlers) [7]
module announcements
o HTML::Mason 1.03 - component-based web site development
system with caching, debugging, and previewing facilities [8]
o Apache::PageKit 1.00 - web application framework that uses
HTML::Template and XML to separate the Model, View, Content,
and Controller [9]
o HTML::Embperl 1.3.2 - embed Perl code in your HTML documents [10]
mailing list highlights
Overall it was a pretty dull week on the list...
o Some ideas about preventing duplicate form submissions when using
Apache::Session [11]
o An attempt to compile mod_perl on Mac OS X (Darwin) is going on
in earnest [12] [13]
news
o Apache 1.3.20 has been rolled, but no official release
announcement yet (one should be forthcoming shortly) [14]
New features of note:
- Added NOESCAPE (NS) flag to RewriteRule and enabled use of
'\' to allow escaping of special characters.
- Add support for Win32 apxs
- Integrate support for the Cygwin 1.x platform
- Correct a vulnerability in the Win32 and OS2 ports
see the CHANGES [15] for a full list of new features and bug fixes
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [16]
o mod_perl documentation [17]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [18]
o mod_perl homepage [19]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [20]
o mod_perl list archives [21] [22]
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/httpd/
[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://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=98995529722642&w=2
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/prenprinbreld
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dwermstumsnan
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/thenpaqui
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phushermpimp
[12] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98989897500001&w=2&r=1
[13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98998347000001&w=2&r=1
[14] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-new-httpd&m=99013486214433&w=2
[15] http://dev.apache.org/dist/CHANGES_1.3.20
[16] http://perl.apache.org
[17] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[18] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[19] http://www.modperl.com
[20] http://www.take23.org
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[22] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
