windows and apache/mod_perl?

[Paul Simon <wr...@yahoo.com>]

Is it worth installing apache 1.x and mod_perl 1.x on
windows if apache2/mod_perl2/perl5.8 run on windows?

Thanks

Re: windows and apache/mod_perl?

[Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>]

Paul Simon wrote:
> I started out with apache1.x. It didn't make sense
> using it, since apache2 was built to work with
> window's native environment, according to my
> understanding of the documentation. Plus, I read that
> apache1.x doesn't serve concurrent requests on
> windows. Doesn't that defeat a large part of what a
> web server (and mod_perl) is supposed to do? 

It does. But perl interpreters weren't thread-safe, so serialization is the 
only way to make it work at all. It is sort of a known fact that mod_perl 1.0 
on win32 is not very useful in production.

See:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/getwet.html#Installing_mod_perl_for_Windows
http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/os/win32/multithread.html#Does_it_really_matter_

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Re: windows and apache/mod_perl?

[Paul Simon <wr...@yahoo.com>]

I started out with apache1.x. It didn't make sense
using it, since apache2 was built to work with
window's native environment, according to my
understanding of the documentation. Plus, I read that
apache1.x doesn't serve concurrent requests on
windows. Doesn't that defeat a large part of what a
web server (and mod_perl) is supposed to do? Thanks
for the feedback.

--- Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Paul Simon wrote:
> 
> > Is it worth installing apache 1.x and mod_perl 1.x
> on
> > windows if apache2/mod_perl2/perl5.8 run on
> windows?
> 
> I guess it depends on what one is using it for ...
> For a
> development/learning system, the performance
> enhancements with
> apache2/modperl2 probably outweigh the disadvantages
> of using the
> more stable/tested apache1/modperl1 combination. But
> for a
> production system, it may be non-trivial to upgrade;
> in
> particular, many Apache::* modules may need either
> mod_perl-2's
> compatibility mode or some (small, or perhaps large)
> changes to
> work with mod_perl-2.
> 
> -- 
> best regards,
> randy kobes
> 
> 
> 

Re: windows and apache/mod_perl?

[Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Paul Simon wrote:

> Is it worth installing apache 1.x and mod_perl 1.x on
> windows if apache2/mod_perl2/perl5.8 run on windows?

I guess it depends on what one is using it for ... For a
development/learning system, the performance enhancements with
apache2/modperl2 probably outweigh the disadvantages of using the
more stable/tested apache1/modperl1 combination. But for a
production system, it may be non-trivial to upgrade; in
particular, many Apache::* modules may need either mod_perl-2's
compatibility mode or some (small, or perhaps large) changes to
work with mod_perl-2.

-- 
best regards,
randy kobes