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mod_perl digest
January 7, 2001 - January 13, 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: 1.24_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 Minor fixes to Apache::PerlRun [7] [8]
module announcements
o Apache::Reload 0.06 - a replacement for Apache::StatINC, with
more features and better debugging [9]
o Apache-AuthenLDAP 0.52 - authenticates a user against an LDAP
backend [10]
o Apache-AuthzLDAP 0.51 - authorizes a user against an LDAP
backend [11]
o Apache-AuthzCache 0.03 - work with a mod_perl authorization
module to provide caching of group membership [12]
o ApacheDBI 0.88 - provides persistent database connections [13]
mailing list highlights
o This thread discusses the possibility of differentiating between
a child exit and when the parent process is shut down [14]
o A new version of the mod_perl Guide was released this week -
read it and prosper [15]
o Discussion on limiting apache processes based on virtual memory
[16] ended up giving a nice explanation of how and why to use
Apache::SizeLimit [17]
o Two useful non-mod_perl based modules were announced on the list:
HTTP::GHTTP 1.03 - a very lightweight C/XS based HTTP
downloader [18]
HTTP::WebTest 0.01 - runs tests on remote URLs or local web
files and generates a detailed test report [19]
news
o Netcraft mod_perl statistics are out for December [20]
mod_perl: 181,1864 Domains, 214,467 IP Addresses
o take23.org published "Introduction to Programming in mod_perl"
this week [21]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [22]
o mod_perl documentation [23]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [24]
o mod_perl homepage [25]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [26]
o mod_perl list archives [27] [28]
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=97928337200810&w=2
[8] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97931426708751&w=2
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/wharzoldex
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/kulmoistel
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whoireldsnend
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/khonkhorkah
[13] http://take23.org/news/2001/01/14/apachedbi.xml
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/nalclyskix
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/clusounou
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whalglendswy
[17] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=97924180500007&w=2&r=1
[18] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dwermrehzee
[19] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zhooquoljer
[20] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=97912083608055&w=2
[21] http://take23.org/articles/2001/01/08/intro.xml/1
[22] http://perl.apache.org
[23] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[24] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[25] http://www.modperl.com
[26] http://www.take23.org
[27] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[28] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
