As some people might now, OSCon (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/) has just finished, and there was a mod_perl PR BOF were a bunch of mod_perl people gathered around and discussed mod_perl PR and advocacy.
mod_perl is coming closer and closer to a 2.0 release (really soon now (tm)) and there was a lot of conversation about how we can insure that is comes out with a big bang! We all agreed that there were a lot of things that could be done to amplify the impact of mod_perl and increase our visibility and user base.
Some of you might not have noticed, but take a look at the mod_perl usage statistics, and you'll notice that they don't look as good as they used to be.
http://perl.apache.org/outstanding/stats/netcraft.html http://perl.apache.org/outstanding/stats/securityspace.html
So, we decided to revive the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, and use it as a focal point for all the future efforts in making mod_perl more widely known and used.
So, if you are interested in helping out, or if you just want to know what is going on, please join us here : http://perl.apache.org/maillist/advocacy.html#Subscription_Information
And you can get at the archive here : http://perl.apache.org/maillist/advocacy.html#Searchable_Archives
Since there are no official minutes from the BOF, I'd encourage people that were there and had interesting ideas to repeat those ideas on the advocacy list in a little while (giving people time to subscribe to the list), and re-ignite discussion there.
Another way to be helpfull, is to send out success stories. If your company is running mod_perl and loves it, get us the story.
http://perl.apache.org/outstanding/sites.html http://perl.apache.org/outstanding/success_stories/index.html
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