Re: Modperl setup Linux (which version)?

[Stef1]

Frank Wiles wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:47:51 +0100 (BST) Martin Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would disagree about learning mod perl 2 straight away. But, I guess it depends on why you are learning it. I haven't found anybody using modperl 2.0 yet. (but that's not a reason not to use it) I just figure that there will be a lot of work over the next 5 years for people who can migrate mod perl 1 to mod perl 2...... Better to start at the beginning with mod perl 1?? While I think the differences between mp1 and mp2 are very slight for an experienced mod_perl developer, they are just enough to cause some serious confusion for the less experienced. I do agree that people will probably still be porting from mp1 to mp2 in 5 years, I don't think that is a compelling reason to start with mp1. Much like there are still people using Perl 4 code in production, but I wouldn't take that a reason to not use Perl 5. Also, all major Linux distributions that I am aware of are now coming with Apache 2, not Apache 1. I'm using mp2, so you now know at least one person! :) And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm also using mp2 already for a long time for many different projects. The biggest one is a full featured e-commerce site at http://www.pandava.com/bitsmarket (sorry, only in Dutch and French) The company that's using this e-commerce package makes between 40 and 45% of their turnover through this e-shop (so, it's very important that it is stable !). We have had no major problems with mp2. Info about this package can be found on http://www.maygill.com/maygill_cms?200 (in English), and this site is of course also running on mp2. I've never used mp1 (the site above was in perl/cgi before, and I completely rewrote it). My suggestion: start learning directly in mp2, and then you won't have any hassle later migrating. The only difficult thing I encountered were the docs, but I suppose that's already a lot better then a year ago. Stef