Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Dan Brian
Stas> 99.9% of users do *not* need to use this workaround. So that Stas> issue is moot if you ask me. Randal> You keep saying this like you believe it. In fact, the number keeps Randal> getting closer to 100% each time. Randal> This is pure, fabricated *fiction*. For me, this ends up being the s

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Render Web
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Four out of my five biggest customers *will* need to have both modperl1 and modperl2 in the same Perl installation tree on their Bullcrap - I would say that sep perl installs is not enough! Personally I would hate to work for anyone who does insists on dev/testing on live

[Fwd: Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN]

2004-12-31 Thread Adam Kennedy
John Siracusa wrote: On 12/31/04 4:40 PM, Stas Bekman wrote: Finally you don't want to use it - don't use it. It's an open source software, it will succeed or fail by *its own merits* and not because the infrastructure has a long known problem but is not willing to evolve. And to repeat this again.

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Stas" == Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stas> 99.9% of users do *not* need to use this workaround. So that Stas> issue is moot if you ask me. You keep saying this like you believe it. In fact, the number keeps getting closer to 100% each time. This is pure, fabricated *fiction*.

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread John Siracusa
On 12/31/04 4:40 PM, Stas Bekman wrote: > Finally you don't want to use it - don't use it. It's an open source > software, it will succeed or fail by *its own merits* and not because the > infrastructure has a long known problem but is not willing to evolve. > > And to repeat this again. If you ins

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Adam Kennedy wrote: [...] [my apologies if I've over-trimmed Adams original, but it's hard to keep focused on such a huge email] Why mod_perl2 didn't Rename its API The reason for not renaming mp2 core and 3rd party modules APIs to embed the version number like (mod_perl2, Apache2::Cookie, Apache

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread John Siracusa
I'm going to chime in, as someone working on a suite of modules that are intended to eventually work with apache 1.x and 2.x. First, I agree with this: On 12/31/04 2:27 PM, Adam Kennedy wrote: > For the moment, I'm asking just that the release of mod_perl 2.0 be put > on hold until this problem,

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
William McKee wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:02:59PM -0500, Stas Bekman wrote: Thanks William, I've committed that with a few tweaks. Especially the last para. Please check that it still makes sense. Looks fine except for a couple of typos (dangling quote mark and mispelled 'should'). Also, no

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Joe Schaefer wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Randy Kobes wrote: [...] There's still mod_perl.pm in both packages, though. In mp2, this is just something to define the version, and also to provide a NAME pod section (if I remember correctly, this was inserted for the benefit of sea

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Joe Schaefer
Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Randy Kobes wrote: [...] >> There's still mod_perl.pm in both packages, though. In mp2, >> this is just something to define the version, and also to >> provide a NAME pod section (if I remember correctly, this >> was inserted for the benefit of search.cp

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread William McKee
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:02:59PM -0500, Stas Bekman wrote: > Thanks William, I've committed that with a few tweaks. Especially the last > para. Please check that it still makes sense. Looks fine except for a couple of typos (dangling quote mark and mispelled 'should'). Also, now that I'm a bit

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Randy Kobes wrote: Stas, that was a a very useful summary of the issues - thanks for putting that together! :) On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Stas Bekman wrote: Joe Schaefer wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joe Schaefer wrote: [...] I now think was a mistake for any of the Apache::* core modu

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Randy Kobes
Stas, that was a a very useful summary of the issues - thanks for putting that together! On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Stas Bekman wrote: > Joe Schaefer wrote: > > Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>Joe Schaefer wrote: > > [...] > > I now think was a mistake for any of the Apache::* core mod

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Adam Kennedy
(This email will also be posted to http://ali.as/devel/mod_perl2.html for future reading.) If I haven't addressed something in my summary please let me know in that thread on the modperl users list (let's not spread it over multiple lists). Thank you. Responding here as requested. Before I begin,

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
William McKee wrote: Thanks for the clear explanation of *.a and *.so files, Stas. I'm starting to grok how it works together. I've attached the diff to the install docs to this message which incorporates some of your notes about .so and .a files. I found this information hard to find while browsin

Re: recommendations

2004-12-31 Thread Randy Kobes
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Stas Bekman wrote: > Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to configure a production server that uses > > mod_perl and I don't know what version to choose because > > I see that mod_perl 2 is not stable yet. What do you > > recommend, to install Apache 1.3 and mod_per

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Joe Schaefer wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joe Schaefer wrote: [...] Looks very promising to me. Is there a way to tell PAUSE to index mod_perl's Apache::* modules from a bundle? If so, that might provide a decent solution for both mod_perl and libapreq (and other Apache::* mo

Re: apache:session and mod perl

2004-12-31 Thread Chris Ochs
I know what's happening now, it dawned on me after I wrote this last night. A deadlock happens when you have an updater that acquires a write lock, but it's waiting for the first updater that is also in a SELECT FOR UPDATE but has not yet acquired a write lock. The first updater can't finish be

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Joe Schaefer
Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joe Schaefer wrote: [...] >> Looks very promising to me. Is there a way to tell PAUSE to index >> mod_perl's Apache::* modules from a bundle? If so, that might >> provide a decent solution for both mod_perl and libapreq >> (and other Apache::* modules

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread William McKee
Thanks for the clear explanation of *.a and *.so files, Stas. I'm starting to grok how it works together. I've attached the diff to the install docs to this message which incorporates some of your notes about .so and .a files. I found this information hard to find while browsing Google, Perlmonks

Re: [summary] The Conflict of mp1 vs mp2 vs mp22 vs ... vs mpNN

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Joe Schaefer wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] -- Meanwhile I've found a solution proposed by Andreas 1.5 years ago, which might work as a better workaround from all the ones proposed so far: http://www.xray.mpe.mp

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
William McKee wrote: On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 05:57:07PM -0500, Stas Bekman wrote: During compilation of mod_perl, I was seeing undefined reference errors which are nicely described on the install page[1]. The prescription suggests rebuilding Perl with dynamic linking; apparently the version that's

Re: recommendations

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Octavian Rasnita wrote: Hi, I want to configure a production server that uses mod_perl and I don't know what version to choose because I see that mod_perl 2 is not stable yet. What do you recommend, to install Apache 1.3 and mod_perl 1 and use it until mod_perl 2 will be stable enough, or do you th

Re: Slashdot | Help Test mod_perl 2 Release Candidates

2004-12-31 Thread Stas Bekman
Joshua Hoblitt wrote: On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Perrin Harkins wrote: The real significant issue to address, IMO, has to do with CPAN's indexing of the Apache:: modules common to both mp1 and mp2 core distros, because those packages set the underlying apache[12] architecture. That'

Re: [mp1] Linking confusion

2004-12-31 Thread William McKee
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 05:57:07PM -0500, Stas Bekman wrote: > >During compilation of mod_perl, I was seeing undefined reference errors > >which are nicely described on the install page[1]. The prescription > >suggests rebuilding Perl with dynamic linking; apparently the version > >that's shipped w

Re: Slashdot | Help Test mod_perl 2 Release Candidates

2004-12-31 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Perrin Harkins wrote: > > The real significant issue to address, IMO, has to do with CPAN's > > indexing of the Apache:: modules common to both mp1 and mp2 core > > distros, because those packages set the underlying apache[12] > > architecture. > > That's