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mod_perl digest
December 25, 2000 - December 31, 2000
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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: 1.24_01 (released October 10, 2000) [1]
- development: 1.24_02-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.14 (released October 13, 2000) [3]
- development: 1.3.15-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development: 5.7 [6]
cvs patches
o allow $r->finfo to be modified [7]
o fix directive handlers bug triggered by LoadModule foo_module [8]
o win32 updates for 1.3.15, including ApacheModulePerl.{dsp,dll} ->
mod_perl.{dsp,so} rename [9]
module announcements
o Apache::RequestNotes 0.06 - pass form and cookie data around in
pnotes [10]
o Apache::PageKit 0.91 - a web applications framework providing a
clear separation of programming, content and presentation [11]
o Apache::FileMan pre-release 0.03 - provides the same
functionality as Apache::AutoIndex and can be used to both
navigate and manage the web site [12]
o Avacet Application Engine 2.0b2 - offers a language-neutral
definition of data and interfaces for exchanging data, as well as
a reference implementation of an application engine [13]
mailing list highlights
o This interesting thread discusses the overhead involved in using
vars.pm versus fully qualified globals. [14]
Other than that, not much of interest happened over the holidays -
I think I'll just call it another great year for mod_perl...
news
o Netcraft December statistics [15]
Apache 59.69% IIS 20.09%
o Security Space December statistics [16]
Apache 57.97% IIS 28.45%
11.51% (161,527) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [17]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [18]
o mod_perl documentation [19]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [20]
o mod_perl homepage [21]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [22]
o mod_perl list archives [23] [24]
happy mod_perling...
--Geoff
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[1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/
[2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/
[3] http://www.apache.org/dist/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable
[6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel
[7] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97810977729586&w=2
[8] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97815291126928&w=2
[9] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97829122618630&w=2
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zheldphaspeld
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dermsarfi
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/bixsilflay
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/darsmorthon
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/twingpolsu
[15] http://www.netcraft.com/survey
[16] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/index.html
[17] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200012/apachemods.html
[18] http://perl.apache.org
[19] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[20] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[21] http://www.modperl.com
[22] http://www.take23.org
[23] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[24] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
