[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Some of you probably know that the httpd group is getting ready to release
> > Apache 2.0. We are all set to release our first beta on Friday. As a
> > part of this, we are looking into getting Apache.org running 2.0. So, the
> > next question we have to deal with is how does Tomcat run on 2.0?
>
> > I just downloaded the code, and there is a mod_jk that supposedly works
> > with 2.0. Does this actually work? How extensively has it been
> > tested? I am willing to devote as much time as necessary to port the
> > tomcat Apache module, or to help however necessary. Please let me know if
> > there is anything that you all need, or any part of 2.0 that isn't
> > documented well enough. Please be sure to include me on any response,
> > because I am not subscribed to this list.
>
> The 2.0 driver worked fine with one of the first alphas - the apache 2.0
> dependent part of mod_jk is very small, the rest was tested and used
> with success with Apache 1.3, IIS, NES and AOLServer. I had no problems
> while testing with 2.0 alpha.
>
> I tried to compile almost a month ago, but some function names were
> changed in 2.0 - I expect it'll work fine after the names are updated (
> unless bigger changes happened in Apache 2.0).
>
> If nobody else is going to fix it I can give it a try ( a bit later next
> week, I have something else to finish first ).
>
> Costin
On the other hand, it should be noted that mod_jk has substantial deficiencies.
Like mod_jserv before it, this connector is substantially limited -- it requires
users to double-configure many of the key attributes of a web application
(security, mapping URIs to particular handlers, MIME-type-mappings, and so on)
because it does not leverage the configuration informatino available in a web
application deployment descriptor.
The Apache connector called "mod_webapp" that was included in Tomcat 4.0
milestone 5 addresses these issues. Pier can give you more details, but it
should be very amenable to the Apache 2.0 infrastructure. I would not
personally spend any time trying to make mod_jk or mod_jserv work in a 2.0
environment, when the future is clearly in a different direction.
Craig McClanahan
