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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2000/11/13 15:05:30 UTC

[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 11/5/2000

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                          mod_perl digest
 
               November 5, 2000 - November 11, 2000

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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...


Features

  o mod_perl status
  o module announcements
  o mailing list highlights
  o FAQ of the week
  o links


mod_perl status

  o mod_perl
    - stable: 1.24_01 (released October 10, 2000) [1]
    - development: 1.24_02-dev [2]
  o Apache
    - stable: 1.3.14 (released October 13, 2000) [3]
    - development: 1.3.15-dev [4]
  o Perl
    - stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
    - development: 5.7 [6]


module announcements

  o Apache-SimpleReplace 0.06 - A simple template framework [7]

  o Apache-Dispatch 0.07 - call PerlHandlers with the ease of 
    Registry scripts [8]


mailing list highlights

  o The same thread managed to discuss the caveats of DSO as
    well as compare using HUP or USR1 for log rotation [9]
    A sample log rotation script was provided [10]

  o The FastDB Access thread was resurrected this week, offering
    discussion on using Storable, the speed of flat file retrieval
    based on filename length, and more. [11]

  o Interested in seeing a high-end ISP that knows what mod_perl
    developers want?  Fill out a brief survey and maybe someday
    we'll all live to see it... [12]

  o Some interesting drawbacks of Apache::DBI, such as not dealing
    with table locks properly, can be found in the latter half of
    this thread [13]

  o There was a short thread that started to discuss how to deal 
    with spiders [14]

  o A lesson in proxying and using X-Fowarded-For [15]


FAQ of the week

  actually, two this week...

  o How can I read from POST more than once?

    You can't.  But, of course, this is mod_perl so there are many
    ways around the situation.  You could cache the data yourself
    using pnotes or write a handler to make POST data look like it 
    was a GET, for example.  Investigate use of the experimental
    PERL_STASH_POST_DATA mod_perl build option, or check out some
    examples in the archives, the mod_perl Guide, and third party
    Apache modules on CPAN such as Apache::RequestNotes.
    
  o How do I unsubscribe from the mod_perl mailing list?

    Why would you want to do that?  Most mailing lists these days
    include unsubscribe information in the mail headers.  Were you
    to look there, you would see 
      list-unsubscribe: <ma...@apache.org>
    Just send an empty email to that address.


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 list archives [20] [21]


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://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/frolchunfin
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/voflerdtal
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/khangwhoublimp
[10] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97364972521630&w=2
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whalthixgrol 
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/lilswanbin
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/kexhoicler
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/proosheeju
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/snaxrunphal
[16] http://perl.apache.org
[17] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[18] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/
[19] http://www.modperl.com
[20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[21] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/