On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Randolf Richardson <rand...@modperl.pl> wrote: >> I have not used modperl for long days. Is Apache mod_perl in actively >> development recently? or just in maintenance state? > > It seems to me that it's quite active as a lot of people have been > discussing some aspects of its code.
Yes, we've had 2 mod_perl core releases so far in 2012, and another one is expected soon. While not a lot of new features are being added, we've been keeping up with the newer Perl and Apache versions. Since mod_perl exposes the Apache API, the development follows suit there in terms of features. > > The thing that's improtant to remember about ModPerl is that it's > very well written, most likely because it's well thought out, and so > it doesn't seem to need a lot of changes. > > Where most of the activity will occur, I've noticed, is within the > various CPAN modules that provide specific functionality. ModPerl is > more of a facilitator to integrate Perl into Apache and APR, and make > it persistent (which has the wonderful side-effect of major > performance gains). > >> Thank you. > > Randolf Richardson - rand...@inter-corporate.com > Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc. > Beautiful British Columbia, Canada > http://www.inter-corporate.com/ > >
