Re: [Slightly OT] Apache::AuthCookie and mod_perl version 1.x

On 01.08.2017 03:14, 风河 wrote:
> Most are mobile App interfaces.

And, just by curiosity : do you use any kind of authentication with these apps, and if yes 
which kind ?


>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017, at 09:07 AM, Jie Gao wrote:
>> * 风河 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 08:57:29 +0800
>>> From: 风河 <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Apache::AuthCookie and mod_perl version 1.x
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>>> We have a lot of servers running under mp2 and httpd2.2  :)
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>>
>> What a nice surprise for mod_perl then. :-)
>>
>>
>> -Jie
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017, at 05:51 AM, Randolf Richardson wrote:
>>>> 	I don't know of anyone who uses Apache HTTPd v1.x or mod_perl
>>>> version 1.x anymore.  With mod_perl2 support added recently for
>>>> Apache HTTPd v2.4 it seems that earlier versions of mod_perl2 are
>>>> gradually being upgraded too (including my systems, of which I only
>>>> have a few older ones to upgrade from v2.2 in the near future).
>>>>
>>>> 	It seems to me that while Apache HTTPd v2.2 is still quite popular
>>>> and continues to be very relevant, I suspect that anything earlier
>>>> than v2.2 is also probably not a major concern.  Also of interest is
>>>> the "end of life" final release status of Apache HTTPd v2.2, for
>>>> which you can read the official announcement, here:
>>>>
>>>> 		Apache httpd 2.2.34 Released (End-of-Life); final release
>>>> 		http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.2.html
>>>>
>>>> 	In summary, I have no need for Apache HTTPd v1.x since I've long ago
>>>> upgraded to newer v2.2 and v2.4, and so from my perspective I don't
>>>> see any need to continue maintaining modules for v1.x (with an
>>>> exception being paying customers who won't/can't upgrade from v1.x).
>>>>
>>>> 	By the way, thanks for the great work you've put into the
>>>> Apache2::AuthCookie module (and its earlier incantations).
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for this slightly off topic thread, but in the past announcements
>>>>> about AuthCookie were typically made to this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm the maintainer of Apache::AuthCookie (and Apache2::AuthCookie) and
>>>>> am wondering if there are any people out there still using
>>>>> Apache::AuthCookie under mod_perl version 1.x (and as such apache 1.x)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Given that apache 1.3.42 was the final release of Apache 1.3, which was
>>>>> way back in 2010, I am hoping that everyone has moved on to Apache 2.x
>>>>> long ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a result, I would like to formally drop support for Apache 1.3 from
>>>>> future versions of Apache::AuthCookie.  This would allow me to clean up
>>>>> the dist a bit, and be able to publish a consistent set of dependencies
>>>>> in META.* in the dist.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you really require Apache::AuthCookie under apache 1.3 at this point,
>>>>> you can get a previous version of AuthCookie from backpan to address that.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you really do need AuthCookie and getting it from backpan is a
>>>>> problem for you, please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Michael Schout
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Randolf Richardson - [email protected]
>>>> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
>>>> Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
>>>> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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