At 11pm on 14/11/04 you (Ben Morrow) wrote: >OK, OK, I take most of that back... :) > >I still think it would be a good idea to have a separate 'web-server' >distro of Perl, with modules like CGI, Apache::*, perhaps some XML >modules, HTML::Template &c. that aren't really of enough general use to >go into core perl. Perhaps someone (I'd offer, but I don't really know >eneough about it) could make up a Bundle-WebServer on CPAN, and then see >if ActiveState will package it up as 'Perl: now with lots of added >web-server-friendly features!'. That, I would have thought, might >encourage cautious IIS admins to install perl.
This to me sounds like some very good common sense. A WebServer bundle of Perl would be perfect. Then you could include DBI, DBD's (namely ODBC and MySQL), full CGI, Image::Size, SafeRun.pm (when it's ready) and all the very useful modules a lot of web scripts want, and users have trouble getting web admins to install. That way you can please everyone properly. Ben, you had the idea, I think you should start it as a new topic. I would suspect a lot of support from all sides. Lyle
