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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2001/06/27 13:49:57 UTC

[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 2001/06/23

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                          mod_perl digest
 
                     June 17, 2001 - June 23, 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 enhancement: APACHE_SRC can be either the build or install
    tree [7]

  o fix leaky DSO builds [8]


module announcements

  o Apache::ASP 2.17 - 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 [9]

  o libapreq 0.33 - Apache::Request and Apache::Cookie
    functionality [10]

  o CGI::Application 2.0 - a CGI application toolkit [11]

  o Apache::DnsZone 0.2 - 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 [12]


mailing list highlights

  o There was a really interesting thread on whether the Set-Cookie
    header ought to be propagated with a 304 response [13]

  o Some thoughts and pitfalls of using SSI [14]

  o Long thread of the week goes to an attempt to explain how 
    mod_perl chooses the version of perl it uses at runtime [15]

  o There has been a flurry of activity concerning 2.0 over on
    the dev list:
      - talk about a 2.0 documentation project [16]
      - Apache:Test activity [17] [18]

links
    
  o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [19]
  o mod_perl documentation [20]
  o mod_perl modules on CPAN [21]
  o mod_perl homepage [22]
  o mod_perl news and advocacy [23]
  o mod_perl list archives [24]


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=99314018512820&w=2
[8] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl-cvs&m=99291820322591&w=2
[9] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99297301902841&w=2
[10] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99299727921685&w=2
[11] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99356928110157&w=2
[12] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=99358709315447&w=2
[13] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99291851700003&w=2&r=1
[14] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99320556000002&w=2&r=1
[15] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99335013600002&w=2&r=1
[16] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99329570300001&w=2&r=1
[17] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=98100800800001&w=2&r=1
[18] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=99338293900004&w=2&r=1
[19] http://perl.apache.org
[20] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[21] http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/
[22] http://www.modperl.com
[23] http://www.take23.org
[24] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&r=1&w=2