Re: Status of Virtual Host Support? (thanks!)

[Gary Affonso <ga...@serversidesoftware.com>]

Thanks for the summary Peter!

- Gary

On 11/6/02 11:33 PM, "Peter M. Goldstein" <pe...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> 
> Gary,
> 
> I don't want to speak for everyone, but here's my take on the situation.
> 
>> Sorry to post on this yet again.  I'm sure everyone here is tired of
> see
>> this subject line.
>> 
>> Yes, I read the archives but I'm still unclear as to what the status
> of
>> virtual host support is.
>> 
>> What I was able to glean is that:
>> 
>> 1) There is (or was) some contention within the official group of
>> developers
>> about how best to handle virtual hosting.
> 
> Certainly correct.
> 
>> 2) There are at least two (three?) different *unofficial* sets of
> patches
>> that will add virtual hosting support to James
> 
> Yes.  Support remains somewhat limited, and exactly what feature set you
> get depends on the patch.  The only one that I know of that is both in
> the source tree and is used in a production situation is the
> JdbcVirtualUserTable mailet.  You might want to take a look at that.
> 
>> 3) There are messages in the archive indicating that virtual host
> support
>> is
>> "in", but I can't make out if this is a message from an "official"
> James
>> developer or one of the unofficial patch contributors.
>> 
>> Short answer is that I'm confused.  Can somebody clue me in?  To whit:
>> 
>> * It's not in the current release, right?
> 
> Right.  Not in 2.0a3
> 
>> * It's unlikely to be in the next (late Nov, cross your fingers)
> release,
>> right?
> 
> Also right.  Not in 2.1.
> 
>> * Where is it on the development priority list (if not already in the
>> current or upcoming releases)?
> 
> High on the priority list for 3.0, but that release is still in the
> early planning stages.
> 
>> * If running a patched FrankenJames is the only way to get virtual
> hosting
>> now, anybody got any suggestions about what patches to use and what
>> version(s) of James these patches will work with?
> 
> As I said, check out the JdbcVirtualUserTable mailet.  It will be
> compatible with the 2.1 release.  Given the scope of some of the code
> change in that release, I'm not sure that any of the other patches will
> be compatible.
> 
> --Peter
> 
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> 
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