Re: Apache::DBI

I still use Alpine.  And they never fixed the bug where ctrl-c (to cancel 
a message) and ctrl-x (to send) are so easily confused.  Oops.  Maybe it's 
time to start using a mouse.

Having wasted so much time, I'll try to be succinct:

   Most modules on CPAN are bascially throwaways and not supported at all.
   Use them at your own risk.

   There are some modules that are just obsolete.  Good intentions aside,
   the developers lost interest and moved on.  These are less risky if
   there's an established user base.

   There are some very good modules, widely used, that are fully supported
   and perfectly safe for a production environment.

Most mod_perl modules, especially the core modules, fall into that last, 
gold standard, category.  In many cases, support is transferred from one 
individual to another.  And so that commitment is documented.  But if a 
module is no longer supported, don't lie about it.  Support forums are an 
incredible resource.  But if commercial software developers similarly 
blurred this distinction, every p.o.s. would be advertising free 24x7 tech 
support.

Apache::DBI seems like a #2 pretending to be a #3.  On the basis of your 
response, I've concluded that Apache::DBI is no longer supported and has 
been superceded by newer modules.  Especially if no one responds and 
explicitly accepts the responsibility, this seems like the most 
appropriate answer for the poster of the original thread.

I owe you a :) from a couple posts ago.  :)

  -Jim

On Fri, 31 May 2013, Perrin Harkins wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> I appreciate the thought, but I'm not the mod_perl list.  If you look at who
> has done the most support around here recently, it's probably Torsten.
>  (Thanks Torsten!)  More to the point, there are many people on the list who
> know enough perl to help with a question about Apache::DBI.  It's a common
> practice to point people here for support on mod_perl modules.
> 
> What are you getting at?  Is there a module that you're having trouble with
> and can't get support for?
> 
> - Perrin
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Jim Schueler <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>       There's an existing thread with an Apache::DBI question.  But
>       since I want to post a separate question to this list, I decided
>       to start a new thread.
>
>       Just got done reading the Man page for Apache::DBI.  One of the
>       last notes suggests that this package is obsolete (having been
>       replaced by Class::DBI or DBIx::CLASS).  Beyond that is the
>       following:
>
>         Edmund Mergl was the original author of Apache::DBI. It is now
>       supported
>         and maintained by the modperl mailinglist, see the mod_perl
>       documentation
>         for instructions on how to subscribe.
>
>       Unless Perrin Harkins agreed to take over support for this
>       module, then that statement is not true.  Otherwise, out of
>       respect for Perrin, I'll try to be general.
>
>       (Aside:  Am I the only developer that comes across 'unless () {}
>       else {}' constructions?)
>
>       It seems very few distros on CPAN are actually supported.  For
>       my part, I still monitor this list to support my own
>       contributions from *many* years ago.  And I k
> 
> 
> 
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