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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2001/05/21 14:45:03 UTC

[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 05/13/01

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                          mod_perl digest
 
                     May 13, 2001 - May 19, 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 news
  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: 1.3.19 (released February 28, 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 adjust perl_clear_symtab() to deal properly bleedperl's version of
    cv_undef() (which broke modules with directive handlers) [7]


module announcements

  o HTML::Mason 1.03 - component-based web site development 
    system with caching, debugging, and previewing facilities [8]

  o Apache::PageKit 1.00 - web application framework that uses
    HTML::Template and XML to separate the Model, View, Content,
    and Controller [9] 

  o HTML::Embperl 1.3.2  - embed Perl code in your HTML documents [10]


mailing list highlights

  Overall it was a pretty dull week on the list...

  o Some ideas about preventing duplicate form submissions when using
    Apache::Session [11]

  o An attempt to compile mod_perl on Mac OS X (Darwin) is going on
    in earnest [12] [13]


news

  o Apache 1.3.20 has been rolled, but no official release
    announcement yet (one should be forthcoming shortly) [14]

    New features of note:

      - Added NOESCAPE (NS) flag to RewriteRule and enabled use of
        '\' to allow escaping of special characters.

      - Add support for Win32 apxs

      - Integrate support for the Cygwin 1.x platform

      - Correct a vulnerability in the Win32 and OS2 ports

    see the CHANGES [15] for a full list of new features and bug fixes


links
    
  o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [16]
  o mod_perl documentation [17]
  o mod_perl modules on CPAN [18]
  o mod_perl homepage [19]
  o mod_perl news and advocacy [20]
  o mod_perl list archives [21] [22]


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=98995529722642&w=2
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/prenprinbreld
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dwermstumsnan
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/thenpaqui
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/phushermpimp
[12] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98989897500001&w=2&r=1
[13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98998347000001&w=2&r=1
[14] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-new-httpd&m=99013486214433&w=2
[15] http://dev.apache.org/dist/CHANGES_1.3.20
[16] http://perl.apache.org
[17] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[18] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[19] http://www.modperl.com
[20] http://www.take23.org
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[22] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2

Re: [DIGEST] mod_perl digest 05/13/01

Posted by Issac Goldstand <ne...@writeme.com>.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>                           mod_perl digest
>  
>                      May 13, 2001 - May 19, 2001
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
> 
> 
> 
> mod_perl status
> 
>   o mod_perl
>     - stable: 1.25 (released January 29, 2001) [1]
>     - development: 1.25_01-dev [2]
>   o Apache
>     - stable: 1.3.19 (released February 28, 2001) [3]
Nope - stable is 1.3.20 (fixing a Win32 issue)  released May 15, 2001
>     - development: 1.3.21-dev [4]
>   o Perl
>     - stable: 5.6.1 (released April 9, 2001) [5]
>     - development: 5.7.1 [6]

  Issac

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yourself in front of a very large audience.
  --Anonymous

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  --Anonymous

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Re: [DIGEST] mod_perl digest 05/13/01

Posted by Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>.
On Mon, 21 May 2001, Geoffrey Young wrote:

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>                           mod_perl digest
>  
>                      May 13, 2001 - May 19, 2001
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ .. ] 
> news
> 
>   o Apache 1.3.20 has been rolled, but no official release
>     announcement yet (one should be forthcoming shortly) [14]
> 
>     New features of note:
> 
>       - Added NOESCAPE (NS) flag to RewriteRule and enabled use of
>         '\' to allow escaping of special characters.
> 
>       - Add support for Win32 apxs
> 
>       - Integrate support for the Cygwin 1.x platform
> 
>       - Correct a vulnerability in the Win32 and OS2 ports
> 
>     see the CHANGES [15] for a full list of new features and bug fixes

> [15] http://dev.apache.org/dist/CHANGES_1.3.20

Something else that's worth noting for Win32 mod_perl and Apache_1.3.20
is that the service problem that several people ran into has been
solved.

best regards,
randy kobes