Re: Alternatives to CGI perl module

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote:

> I can, and will of course, install CGI myself as all my sites use it and I
> have 84,000 lines written using it.
> My concern is that it will break at some point going forward if it is not
> maintained.
>

Out of curiosity, why do you think that it's not maintained ?
It's just excluded from perl distribution and it's ok as it doesn't support
modern stuff like HTML 5, AJAX, HTTP/2, etc.


> I try to use CGI.pm in ways that are not questionable, such as using it in
> object oriented manner without importing its functions into my main
> namespace.
>
> Going forward, I think, I should get the message and switch to something
> new that will be maintained -- but to what?
>

If you don't plan to re-design your websites I'd recommend keep CGI.pm.
It's maintained, just not part of perl itself now ( DBI.pm isn't as well
and what?).
Just consider CGI as one of CPAN modules (as well as alternatives you can
find).

-- 
Regards,
Misha