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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2000/10/10 13:56:34 UTC
[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 10/1/2000
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mod_perl digest
October 1, 2000 - October 7, 2000
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o cvs development
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
o news
o links
mod_perl status
o mod_perl
- stable: 1.24 (released May 16, 2000) [1]
- development: 1.24_01-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.12 (released February 25, 2000) [3]
- development: 1.3.13-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development 5.7 [6]
cvs development
o more enhancements for Apache::test [7] [8]
o add proper offset support to Apache::read [9]
o cleanups for when perl is compiled with -Wall compiler option [10]
o fixes for $r->send_http_header [11] [12]
module announcements
o AxKit 1.0 - XML Application Server for Apache. It provides
on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or
text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom
code. [13]
mailing list highlights
o The libapreq Windows port is making strong progress on the dev
list [14]
o Porting your mod_perl application to CyberCash apparently is not
without pitfalls, but it isn't quite so hard once you know what
path to follow. [15] This thread even has code that gives a
starting point for accessing the CyberCash APIs. [16]
o It was pointed out that there the Eagle book is not without some
(mostly already known) errors [17] and that there is an errata
page that warrants checking before posting similar reports [18]
o When using Apache::Status, you should preload Apache::Status as
well as whatever modules are used with the options you specify
(e.g. StatusTerse requires that B::Terse be preloaded) [19]
o A rather lengthy thread on forking a new process from Apache for
lengthy background processing offered other alternatives as well,
like background daemons and using the cleanup phase [20]
o There is a bug in $r->args that treats ?0 as the empty string
instead of zero [21]
o You can disable Apache::DBI database handle persistence on the fly
by changing DBI->connect() to the undocumented 5 parameter call
$dbh = DBI->connect($dbase, $user, $pass, \%attr,
undef, "connect") || die $DBI::errstr;
This will override the default Apache::DBI behavior of caching new
connections without affecting those previously cached [22]
o There were a few debugging techniques that described how to pin
down module memory leaks [23]. Note that sending Apache a SIGHUP
(sent by apachectl restart) will cause the server to grow [24]
news
o Netcraft statistics are out for September [25]
Apache 60.02% IIS 19.55%
o Security Space has its own September numbers [26]
Apache 57.86% IIS 28.14%
10.09% (133,414) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [27]
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [28]
o mod_perl documentation [29]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [30]
o mod_perl homepage [31]
o mod_perl list archives [32] [33]
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/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable
[6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel
[7] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0001.xml
[8] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0002.xml
[9] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0004.xml
[10] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0005.xml
[11] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0006.xml
[12] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl-cvs/2000/10/0007.xml
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/quixkhelblimp
[14] http://archive.covalent.net/perl/dev/2000/10/0006.xml
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/koutwerfax
[16] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/2000/10/0017.xml
[17] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/crootelclax
[18] http://www.ora.com/catalog/wrapmod/errata/wrapmod.unconfirmed
[19] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/dweldtwaxchand
[20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/flermdwinchee
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/spimphahgi
[22] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/maxsneldjoi
[23] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/snexbranny
[24] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/2000/10/0197.xm
[25] http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
[26] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/index.html
[27] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200009/apachemods.html
[28] http://perl.apache.org
[29] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[30] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/
[31] http://www.modperl.com
[32] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[33] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl