Re: win32 mod_perl binary

[Doug MacEachern <do...@itixs.com>]

Hi Randy,
   I'm not sure what the best path to take is.  if it's considered too big
for CPAN, it might be considered too big for perl.apache.org, since it's
also mirrored around the world.  I've cc'd the folks I hope can help find
the best place :)

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Randy Kobes wrote:

> Dear Doug,
>     Since a couple months I made up a win32 mod_perl binary,
> there's been about 100 successful downloads from our site, 
> but also about 150 aborted attempts, presumably because of slow
> connections (chances are, many win32 users are over a modem).
> For this reason, and also some direct requests, I was thinking
> of making it available at more sites. I asked about uploading
> it to CPAN, but they didn't want it because of the size - just
> over 9 MB (the latest version), with perl + mod_perl + apache, 
> plus associated modules like LWP, libnet, Tk, etc. (the non-core 
> modules included are either XS based ones and/or common ones needed 
> to use mod_perl). So I was thinking of perl.apache.org ....
> Do you think this would be useful there? I realize it's
> big (I have tried paring it down, but then got requests for
> this and that XS module ...), and one doesn't want to set a 
> precedent with binaries of all sorts appearing on the
> site, but perhaps a wider distribution for Win32 could be 
> justified ...? Also, if so, would one prefer the binary
> as a zip file, rather than a self-extracting (exe) archive?
> 
> best regards,
> Randy Kobes
> 
> 

Re: win32 mod_perl binary

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@collab.net>]

Personally speaking, I don't think 9MB is too large for perl.apache.org to
distribute.

	Brian

On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Doug MacEachern wrote:
>    I'm not sure what the best path to take is.  if it's considered too big
> for CPAN, it might be considered too big for perl.apache.org, since it's
> also mirrored around the world.  I've cc'd the folks I hope can help find
> the best place :)
> 
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Randy Kobes wrote:
> 
> > Dear Doug,
> >     Since a couple months I made up a win32 mod_perl binary,
> > there's been about 100 successful downloads from our site, 
> > but also about 150 aborted attempts, presumably because of slow
> > connections (chances are, many win32 users are over a modem).
> > For this reason, and also some direct requests, I was thinking
> > of making it available at more sites. I asked about uploading
> > it to CPAN, but they didn't want it because of the size - just
> > over 9 MB (the latest version), with perl + mod_perl + apache, 
> > plus associated modules like LWP, libnet, Tk, etc. (the non-core 
> > modules included are either XS based ones and/or common ones needed 
> > to use mod_perl). So I was thinking of perl.apache.org ....
> > Do you think this would be useful there? I realize it's
> > big (I have tried paring it down, but then got requests for
> > this and that XS module ...), and one doesn't want to set a 
> > precedent with binaries of all sorts appearing on the
> > site, but perhaps a wider distribution for Win32 could be 
> > justified ...? Also, if so, would one prefer the binary
> > as a zip file, rather than a self-extracting (exe) archive?
> > 
> > best regards,
> > Randy Kobes
> > 
> > 
> 

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