Re: misc advocacy ideas

2004-12-14 Thread allan juul
Quoting Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Most of the things in the docs, at least mod_perl 1.0 guide are FAQ. It > was originally written based on frequently asked questions on the list. yes, i understand that now. in a nutshell i see a FAQ as a short full stop page where one can quickly view

Re: FAQ (WAS: misc advocacy ideas)

2004-12-14 Thread allan juul
Quoting Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > While I agree with Stas that I've never felt the desire to point people > to a FAQ instead of to a specific place in the docs, I do like your > selection of questions. Maybe there could be a place for this, as a > sort of "first stop" for newbies. I

Re: Modperl Plates

2004-12-14 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 09:44 -0700, Jayce^ wrote: I realized I'd never shown these off to the group. http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01374.jpg http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01375.jpg?width=1024 That's hilarious! We should put that pic on the

Re: FAQ (WAS: misc advocacy ideas)

2004-12-14 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:10 +0100, allan juul wrote: * do i need to learn perl ? * can i use mod_perl on Windows ? * can i access a MySql database via mod_perl * can i use mod_perl and PHP on the same time * does mod_perl run on MicroSoft IIS * is mod_perl faster than jsp-pag

Re: misc advocacy ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Stas Bekman
allan juul wrote: Quoting Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: the FAQ should then reply in two sentences or less: "the reason for that behaviour is this blah blah ... click here to read more URL/TO/GUIDE" -1, it's already hard to maintain the vast amount of information. Trying to keep in sync yet

Re: FAQ (WAS: misc advocacy ideas)

2004-12-14 Thread Fred Moyer
>> * how much does mod_perl cost ? >> * where can wwe get support ? >> * the software is broken and we can't sue anyone. what do we do ? >> * perl is dead, right - so why go with mod_perl ? >> * we heard apache is insecure - is this true ? >> * can we integrate mod_perl with our Economy systems > >

Re: FAQ (WAS: misc advocacy ideas)

2004-12-14 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:10 +0100, allan juul wrote: > * do i need to learn perl ? > * can i use mod_perl on Windows ? > * can i access a MySql database via mod_perl > * can i use mod_perl and PHP on the same time > * does mod_perl run on MicroSoft IIS > * is mod_perl faster than jsp-pages > * we

Re: Modperl Plates

2004-12-14 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 09:44 -0700, Jayce^ wrote: > I realized I'd never shown these off to the group. > > http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01374.jpg > http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01375.jpg?width=1024 That's hilarious! We should put that pic on the site somewhe

Modperl Plates

2004-12-14 Thread Jayce^
I realized I'd never shown these off to the group. http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01374.jpg http://durnik.lug-nut.com/gallery/jayce/Plug/dsc01375.jpg?width=1024 -- Jayce^ pgpGC45oPKjWe.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: posting news on perl.apache.org

2004-12-14 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 10:22 -0500, Adam Prime wrote: > Didn't take23.org attempt to do this a couple of years ago? What ever > happened to that? It was Matt's personal project, hosted on a DSL line. My idea is that anyone with access to the docs repository can update the news, and that we pull n

Re: misc advocacy ideas

2004-12-14 Thread allan juul
Quoting Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > the FAQ should then reply in two sentences or less: "the reason for that > > behaviour is this blah blah ... click here to read more URL/TO/GUIDE" > > -1, it's already hard to maintain the vast amount of information. Trying > to keep in sync yet ano