Hi Bill I was referring to mod_perl only.
Wasn't there a Perl Renaissance recently? :-) Regards, Jie * Bill McCormick <wpmccorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:15:59 -0600 > From: Bill McCormick <wpmccorm...@gmail.com> > To: modperl@perl.apache.org > Subject: Re: support for Apache 2.4 > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 > Thunderbird/24.3.0 > > OK, so to continue with the top posting, are you saying that there's > some expectation that Perl will someday be dropped? > > On 2/14/2014 7:01 PM, Jie Gao wrote: > >Hi All > > > >It would be good if there is even an indication of the > >state of the play that would help us make future decisions re > >mod_perl. The link http://svn.apache.org/snapshots/modperl-2.0/ on page > >http://perl.apache.org/download/source.html#Development_mod_perl_2_0_Source_Distribution > >returns 404; http://perl.apache.org/dist/ is full of broken links. To > >be sure, everybody is busy and contributions from existing developpers > >are greatly appreciated. However, if people can't get anywhere on > >http://perl.apache.org/, that makes it difficult to attract new > >developpers. > > > >Time is running out for mod_perl, for applications developped for Apache > >2.2.* cannot be made available for an increasing number of users of > >Apache 2.4, and the prospect of mp being dropped by Web app developpers > >altogether could come much sooner than one'd expect and I certainly would > >hate to see that happen. > > > >Regards, > > > > > > > >Jie > > > > > >* Randolf Richardson <rand...@modperl.pl> wrote: > > > >>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:18:12 -0800 > >>From: Randolf Richardson <rand...@modperl.pl> > >>To: modperl@perl.apache.org > >>Subject: Re: support for Apache 2.4 > >>X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.63) > >> > >>>Anybody know when mod_perl will support Apache 2.4? Or is it the other > >>>way around? > >>> > >>>Cheers! > >> > >> I'm interested in when this will come to fruition too. I've been > >>encouraging people to learn mod_perl2 and a few of them told me that > >>without support for Apache HTTPd v2.4 they aren't interested (they > >>think that v2.2 is too old now, and I do consider that to be a > >>reasonable consideration nowadays), so this is becoming a problem. > >> > >> I also need to move on to Apache HTTPd v2.4 and I really want to get > >>away from running a separate instance of HTTPd v2.2 just for Perl > >>support. My fear is that ModPerl will be mis-classified as "outdated > >>technology" as more sites increasingly upgrade to Apache HTTPd v2.4 > >>and find that it is not compatible. > >> > >>Randolf Richardson - rand...@inter-corporate.com > >>Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc. > >>Beautiful British Columbia, Canada > >>http://www.inter-corporate.com/ > >> > >> > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > >
