Re: Future MPM Support?

Does using mod_perl properly allow you to use mpm_event or mpm_worker?

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Dr James Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Unfortunately Plack (and Catalyst especially) are a fairly poor comparison
> to using mod_perl properly {unfortunately very few people do so} I've
> looked at Dancer and Catalyst - both are OK at what they do - but they
> don't really handle things in the really clean easy way that mod_perl does
> {if you attach code to the right handlers/filters} meaning chopping in and
> changing code can be quite difficult in them.
>
> Both are good for simplish applications {yes and I've seen complex apps
> written in them as well - but they usually need a lot more hardware support
> than the equivalent mod_perl app to cope with demand}
>
> Unfortunately writing good mod_perl apps is hard - and so few mod_perl
> apps really make use of the underlying framework properly - effectively
> using it for code caching and not much else
>
>
>
> On 07/06/2018 19:24, David Hodgkinson wrote:
>
> Moving your method handlers to the framework.
>
> I like catalyst. Stand on the shoulders of giants. Mojolicious makes me
> itch.
>
> On 7 Jun 2018, at 19:21, John Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What is involved in porting an application from mod_perl to starman?
>
> Throwing away logic and logical structure and replacing it with a much
> less flexible approach...
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:18 PM, Clive Eisen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7 Jun 2018, at 19:13, David Hodgkinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> No. Different concept.
>>
>> On 7 Jun 2018, at 18:52, John Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Is Plack backwards compatible with mod_perl?
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:44 PM, David Hodgkinson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We’re all about the Plack these days.
>>>
>>>
>> This.
>>
>> We have moved entirely to
>>
>> nginx (doing the ssl where appropriate) -> starman (which uses plack) and
>> Dancer2
>>
>> Life is a LOT better
>>
>> —
>> Clive
>>
>>
>
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