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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2001/06/19 14:28:59 UTC

[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 2001/06/16

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                          mod_perl digest
 
                     June 10, 2001 - June 16, 2001

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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...


Features

  o mod_perl status
  o cvs patches
  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: 1.3.20 (released May 15, 2001) [3]
    - development: 1.3.21-dev [4]
  o Perl
    - stable: 5.6.1 (released April 9, 2001) [5]
    - development: 5.7.1 [6]


cvs patches

  o win32 fixes for apache 1.3.20 [7]

  o fix to compile with sfio+ithreads [8]

  o $r->custom_response($code, undef) will now unset the current
    CustomResponse [9]

  o add %Apache::MyConfig aliases for Apache::src backwards 
    compat [10]

  o if PREFIX is given to Makefile.PL add it to @INC at startup [11]

  o croak if the filehandle passed to $r->send_fd is NULL [12]

  o make sure file to be reloaded can be found in @INC for
    Apache::StatINC [13]


module announcements

  o Apache::ASP 2.15 - 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 [14]

  o Apache::DnsZone 0.1 - allows users to change their own zones 
    without actually having access to the nameserver on which their 
    zone is located.  Supports MySQL|Oracle|Postgresql as the
    backend database [15]

  o HTML-StickyForms 0.05 - provides similar facilities to CGI.pm's 
    HTML tag generation routines, but is restricted to form field 
    generation tags, with sticky values [16]

  o RPC-XML 0.25 - implementation of the XML-RPC standard whose
    server is a mod_perl content handler that manages configuration
    information and allows for different locations to have their
    own server objects, or to share existing ones [17]


mailing list highlights

  o The latest Hello World benchmarks are out [18]

  o If you need %ENV set up earlier than it would ordinarily (such
    as from a PerlTransHandler, you can call $r->subprocess_env()
    in a void context [19]

  o Here are some instructions for getting httpd -X working on
    Win32 [20]

  o If anybody works for a company that wants to look cooler than
    cool, have them sponsor the mod_perl BOF T-Shirt this year [21]


links
    
  o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [22]
  o mod_perl documentation [23]
  o mod_perl modules on CPAN [23]
  o mod_perl homepage [24]
  o mod_perl news and advocacy [25]
  o mod_perl list archives [26] [27]


happy mod_perling...

--Geoff
geoff@cpan.org

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[1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/
[2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/
[3] http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz
[6] http://www.cpan.org/src/devel.tar.gz 
[7] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99237873323576&w=2
[8] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99246804627430&w=2
[9] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99249338017054&w=2
[10] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99249384517991&w=2
[11] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99249414018478&w=2
[12] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99249638121459&w=2
[13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99253894815717&w=2
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dwexsilgrimp
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/thendlerdry
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/sermplangbrimp
[17] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/donskeryix
[18] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/wholzeenol
[19] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/ploxshoimor
[20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/sterdflexgang
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/swehgliskerm
[22] http://perl.apache.org
[23] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[24] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[25] http://www.modperl.com
[26] http://www.take23.org
[27] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[28] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2