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mod_perl digest
January 28, 2001 - February 3, 2001
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
o links
mod_perl status
o mod_perl
- stable: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1]
- development: 1.25_01-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.17 (released January 29, 2001) [3]
- development: 1.3.18-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development: 5.7 [6]
module announcements
o HTML::Mason 1.0 - allows web pages and sites to be constructed
from shared, reusable building blocks called components, which
contain a mix of Perl and HTML and can call each other and pass
values back and forth like subroutines [7]
o Apache::ASP 2.09 - provides an Active Server Pages port for
Perl scripting only, and enables the development of dynamic web
applications with session management and embedded perl code [8]
o Apache-Dispatch 0.09 - call PerlHandlers with the ease of
Registry scripts [9]
o Apache-AuthenCache 0.04 - implements a caching mechanism in order
to speed up authentication and to reduce the usage of system
resources [10]
mailing list highlights
o There was an interesting thread on OO design, including a link
(http://www.extropia.com/ExtropiaObjects/) to some noteworthy
whitepapers [11]
o Another OT (but interesting) thread tries to dynamically change
the current package [12]
o Some people are trying to put their heads together to create a
mod_perl adaptor for Web Object [13]
o Here is a patch to Apache::SizeLimit that allows for throttling
Apache based on unshared memory used instead of process size [14]
o There was an RFC for a new mod_perl module that allows granular
control over file symlinks [15]
o Some thoughts on handling runaway processes [16]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [17]
o mod_perl documentation [18]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [19]
o mod_perl homepage [20]
o mod_perl news and advocacy [21]
o mod_perl list archives [22] [23]
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://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/crangwhalcray
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phulfringfla
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phumwhensky
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/quendphalwand
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/wixjoonang
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/climwilblo
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/spulfrermquix
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/mermwhelzhar
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/kilserquen
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/cloxthastand
[17] http://perl.apache.org
[18] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[19] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[20] http://www.modperl.com
[21] http://www.take23.org
[22] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[23] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2
