Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 09:56, James.Q.L wrote: > > Problem with virtual hosts? Like what? > > here http://perl.apache.org/docs/general/multiuser/multiuser.html > > so people will chose php over mod_perl under this circumstance. Actually, as I understand it, PHP has all the same problems. There i

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> PHPUnit is available, first release was April, 2002. First >> production release was mid-March, 2004. > >I didn't say this stuff was old or mature, just that it exists. :-) Truly, >PHP feels like it is just

[OT] Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread modperl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not sure I understand how XHTML can replace TT, H::T, or Mason. > Could you provide an example? My understanding is that XHTML is just > an XML-ized version of HTML, so it retains all the form controls from > HTML; an tag in HTML is just an element in XHTML. > He

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread Eric
Hi, This is a very good example of why it is pointless to get into, Perl can do this and PHP can't. The fact is, much of that is crap if you dig enough. Just like saying C can do something Perl can't, big deal, Perl can use the C code and move on. The reason I avoid PHP in particular for big a

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Eric Frazier
Hi, Well at the very least you sold a book :) I have to admit, when I looked at that book the first time, I thought I pretty much knew everything in it, what BS that was! :) I did solve my problem on my own somewhat sloppy way, but the example you gave was very interesting too and I hope to

mod_perl2 timely catching SIGPIPE

2004-06-09 Thread Jim Albert
I'm trying to determine how to have my mod_perl apache server properly catch a SIGPIPE signal in a timely manner. My environment is Apache/2.0.49 (Fedora) and mod_perl 2. In my conf.d/perl.conf file I have the following: PerlFixupHandler Apache::SIG2 I have created Apache::SIG2.pm as follows: ---

Configuration problems

2004-06-09 Thread David Arnold
Hi, I've spent quite a bit of time experimenting and reading, but I am unable to make progress with configuring mod_perl on our server. Please bear with me, as I am a mathemtaics teacher, not a system guru by any means. I am reading Paul Dubois's MySQL and Perl for the Web and I am stuck on page

RE: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Kee Hinckley
At 9:51 AM -0700 6/9/04, Todd Cranston-Cuebas wrote: lot, but you get the point. Until people can pick a cheap, reliable, and well-known hosting service where mod_perl is one of the main options, you But it has to be more than mod_perl. mod_perl is far too low-level. Even Embperl or Mason require

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PHPUnit is available, first release was April, 2002. First > production release was mid-March, 2004. I didn't say this stuff was old or mature, just that it exists. :-) Truly, PHP feels like it is just now reaching the maturity level that Perl enjoye

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
Rafael Caceres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 13:58, James G Smith wrote: >> Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >Not to discourage any PHP bashing (I'll often join in), but a few things >> >on your list aren't really that accurate: >> > >> >--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread Rafael Caceres
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 13:58, James G Smith wrote: > Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not to discourage any PHP bashing (I'll often join in), but a few things > >on your list aren't really that accurate: > > > >--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> o No support for testing

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not to discourage any PHP bashing (I'll often join in), but a few things >on your list aren't really that accurate: > >--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> o No support for testing >> o No support for documentation >> o No way to declare v

Re: [mp1] Dumper module becoming undefined sporadically

2004-06-09 Thread Danny Rathjens
Stas Bekman wrote: Danny Rathjens wrote: I started getting this error sporadically from different pieces of code. Both modules(cached) and scripts(not cached): [error] PerlRun: `Undefined subroutine &Data::Dumper::Dumper [snip] I think it's due to your use of StatINC, please have a read of this

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread Chris Shiflett
Not to discourage any PHP bashing (I'll often join in), but a few things on your list aren't really that accurate: --- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > o No support for testing > o No support for documentation > o No way to declare variables / manage typos PHP has these particular

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> For many applications, you are correct. However, some situations >> require support of the most basic systems. >> >> Part of the problem with XHTML is that it is a page description >> language instead of a se

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread modperl
James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For many applications, you are correct. However, some situations > require support of the most basic systems. > > Part of the problem with XHTML is that it is a page description > language instead of a semantic markup language. We need

RE: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Todd Cranston-Cuebas
First, let me preface my comments with the admission that I'm not a perl programmer. However, I do recruit a lot of perl programmers! What isn't really being discussed is that fact that new programmers often work with whatever technology allows them to cheaply get sites up and running on the web. D

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is also what I am trying to suggest. Back to your other post >yesterday, I may propose that you go directly to the XHTML and use >libXML to parse data into it. The modern browsers (the latest IE and >Mozilla) themselves understant XSLT tranlation and so even this pa

Re: Domain Name PR was Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Patrick
gunther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2004-06-09 16:42 > But if some clients do support underscore, since mod_perl is frequently > written with an underscore, may as well get that domain name too in case You can NOT buy from Registrars domain names with underscores in them. These ``domain names'' do not e

Re: Domain Name PR

2004-06-09 Thread Larry Leszczynski
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, gunther wrote: > But still having modperl.com as a primary project-name > related domain name would be there for people who can't type _. Plus it will be consistent with other sites like modssl.org. In fact both modssl.com and modssl.org exist, but modssl.com just redirects

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread modperl
> folks, there is no need to quote 22K of text you don't quite use anyway :( > > Please quote only parts of the text you reply to, or don't quote at all. > > Thanks. > > -- > __ > Stas BekmanJAm_pH --> Just Another

Re: Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread modperl
James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > The conclusion seems to be that PHP is nice for small systems and > applications, but for larger, more complex projects, mod_perl is the > only one of the two that can compete with the expectations coming > from the Java side (which, as much as w

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
folks, there is no need to quote 22K of text you don't quite use anyway :( Please quote only parts of the text you reply to, or don't quote at all. Thanks. -- __ Stas BekmanJAm_pH --> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http:/

Re: Domain Name PR was Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
gunther wrote: Chris Shiflett wrote: --- gunther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: www.mod_perl.com (doesn't exist) www.mod_perl.org (doesn't exist) A small point, and I would have to double-check, but I don't believe underscores are allowed in domain names. You'd want to replace those with hyphen

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread modperl
One key point that the PR needs to address is the "future" of a programming toolkit. mod_perl allows people to write perfect "MVC" applications while other scripting toolkits like php or asp are hard in seperating algorithm from html presentation. Sorry if I am misleading, but if to make a big P

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, FWIW IMO Speed, Flexibility, comprehension, Google_sex_appeal:) I find modperl cool. It would be useful IMO to promote by articles/board that contained everything from simple to complex usages for modperl catagorized by stage(s) used. (That way people can hit the ground runn

Domain Name PR was Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread gunther
Chris Shiflett wrote: --- gunther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: www.mod_perl.com (doesn't exist) www.mod_perl.org (doesn't exist) A small point, and I would have to double-check, but I don't believe underscores are allowed in domain names. You'd want to replace those with

Why I use mod_perl (PR stuff)

2004-06-09 Thread James G Smith
While we're talking about mod_perl, perhaps I can throw out a few reasons why I have chosen it over other languages and technologies. This might help us figure out where we need to do some intial PR work. We currently have our account management code using PHP (this is for about 100k accounts). W

Re: docs

2004-06-09 Thread Chris
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 07:09:16 -0700, Stas Bekman wrote > Chris wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 06:01:12 -0700, Stas Bekman wrote > > > >>Chris Shiflett wrote: > >> > >>Alternatively, someone may want to start a wiki project where people > >>can dump anythings they want, and then we can merge some o

Re: docs

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Chris wrote: On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 06:01:12 -0700, Stas Bekman wrote Chris Shiflett wrote: Alternatively, someone may want to start a wiki project where people can dump anythings they want, and then we can merge some of those notes back into the docs. Right then, unless someone comes up with somet

Re: docs

2004-06-09 Thread Chris
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 06:01:12 -0700, Stas Bekman wrote > Chris Shiflett wrote: > > Alternatively, someone may want to start a wiki project where people > can dump anythings they want, and then we can merge some of those > notes back into the docs. Right then, unless someone comes up with somethi

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread James.Q.L
--- Jie Gao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I also likes Stef's idea about adding user comments for doc. hope it can happen. > > > > hmm, does mod_perl still have problem running for virtual hosts? people choose > > php over cgi > for > > obvious reason. > > Problem with virtual hosts? Like

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Geoffrey Young
Eric wrote: > I think the other aspect of > mod_perl that I would want to push very hard is the deep hooks into > Apache. Just as a small example of something I have not yet figured out, > but am pretty sure I can find a way with mod_perl, I want to capture > STDERR and redirect it to an "in memo

Re: docs

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Chris Shiflett wrote: --- Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2) docs need to have user comments. I'm not sure it's a good idea. We already have a way too much documentation. Instead of making it even harder for users to find things, one should take the existing docs and improve them, rather the

Re: docs

2004-06-09 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) docs need to have user comments. > > I'm not sure it's a good idea. We already have a way too much > documentation. Instead of making it even harder for users to find > things, one should take the existing docs and improve them, rather > then dump ra

docs (was Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger)

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Stefan Loones wrote: [...] Then about the documentation: [...] Stefan and a few other folks have voiced a few concers about docs. I'll try to address those here: 1) docs need to be improved and reorganized. Well, docs need to be written. It's easy to suggest things, one needs to actually write d

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Andy Armstrong
Eric wrote: In Advanced Perl Programming, under the heading the case for scripting. That is something that I think would fit in very well in a talk. Lots of people know there are an endless number of very cool impressive things you can do with Perl and mod_perl. The amazing one liners, the tric

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only place where the C API overrides the Perl API in mp1, IMHO, is for the configuration process. To do somehow a complicated configuration in Perl seems even more difficult than in C. Well, maybe I should sit down and read those chapters in the 3 books again :-) In mp

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Chris Shiflett wrote: Any idea about the share of mod_perl in the server market recently? I find this survey useful for this sort of thing: http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200405/apachemods.html Both, this and netcraft stats are maintained on perl.apache.org by truly yours: http://p

Re: mod_perl 2 / %ENV / "system" function

2004-06-09 Thread Hèctor Alòs i Font
En/na Stas Bekman ha escrit: Hèctor Alòs i Font wrote: En/na Stas Bekman ha escrit: Hèctor Alòs i Font wrote: I'm migrating a web application from mod_perl 1 to mod_perl 2 [new environment: Apache/2.0.49 (Unix) mod_perl/1.99_14 Perl/v5.8.4]. The problem is that in some places the %ENV variable is

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- gunther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > www.mod_perl.com (doesn't exist) > www.mod_perl.org (doesn't exist) A small point, and I would have to double-check, but I don't believe underscores are allowed in domain names. You'd want to replace those with hyphens. A Google search for mod_perl gives m

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread Eric
Hi, In Advanced Perl Programming, under the heading the case for scripting. That is something that I think would fit in very well in a talk. Lots of people know there are an endless number of very cool impressive things you can do with Perl and mod_perl. The amazing one liners, the tricks that

Re: [mp1] Dumper module becoming undefined sporadically

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Danny Rathjens wrote: I started getting this error sporadically from different pieces of code. Both modules(cached) and scripts(not cached): [error] PerlRun: `Undefined subroutine &Data::Dumper::Dumper perl -MData::Dumper -e'print Dumper %ENV' works fine from commandline which rules out a hdd pr

Re: mod_perl 2 / %ENV / "system" function

2004-06-09 Thread Stas Bekman
Hèctor Alòs i Font wrote: En/na Stas Bekman ha escrit: Hèctor Alòs i Font wrote: En/na Stas Bekman ha escrit: Hèctor Alòs i Font wrote: I'm migrating a web application from mod_perl 1 to mod_perl 2 [new environment: Apache/2.0.49 (Unix) mod_perl/1.99_14 Perl/v5.8.4]. The problem is that in some p

Re: mod_perl presence at OSCON (and other CONs) is at danger

2004-06-09 Thread gunther
I am not responding solely to your post here, but also to several other points I saw brought up. Geoffrey Young wrote: Perrin Harkins wrote: On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 18:47, Chris Shiflett wrote: well, I think it really depends on what you want to accomplish. all the