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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net> on 2000/12/04 13:47:39 UTC

[DIGEST] mod_perl digest 11/26/2000

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                          mod_perl digest
 
               November 26, 2000 - December 2, 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 news
  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 No new modules this week, but we did see RFCs for
      Apache::DProf [7]
      Apache::Carp [8]


mailing list highlights

  o mod_proxy will upgrade your (non-caching) request headers to
    HTTP/1.0 if the request is HTTP/0.9 before passing the request
    off.  This can have unintended consequences if trying to use
    Apache as a non-HTTP server. [9] [10]

  o IE has the annoying habit of sometimes ignoring the Content-Type
    header and applying a content type appropriate to the file 
    extension.  For example, a .pdf file sent with the header
    Content-Type: application/pdf but generated via /foo.pl may
    be interpreted incorrectly.  You can get around this by adding
    the appropriate file extension as uri path info (eg foo.pl?.pdf)
    of by using the header 
      Content-Disposition: inline; filename=foo.pdf [11]

  o Beware of reply-to-all - you may expose your secrets :) [12]

  o Some browsers support gzip encoding, even though they do not
    send Accept-Encoding: gzip header.  Some send the proper header,
    but cannot process certain gzip'ed requests.  Go figure [13]

  o Folks are throwing around the idea of an Apache::WebDAV [14]


news

  o Netcraft statistics are out for November [15]
     Apache 5%     IIS 20.16%

  o Security Space November statistics [16]
     Apache 57.99%     IIS 28.08%
     11.02% (150,158) of Apache servers are running mod_perl [17]


links
    
  o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [20]
  o mod_perl documentation [21]
  o mod_perl modules on CPAN [22]
  o mod_perl homepage [23]
  o mod_perl list archives [24] [25]


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/lulskumzy
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/prayswexwand
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/shicluldwor
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/jyclandlul
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glaxquumang
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/boifandskang
[13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/fronspeglend
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/skalblerdbrim
[15] http://www.netcraft.com/survey
[16] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/index.html
[17] http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200011/apachemods.html
[18] http://perl.apache.org
[19] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[20] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/
[21] http://www.modperl.com
[22] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[23] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/