Weekly todo activity, Jun 13 to Jun 20

Weekly todo activity, Jun 13 to Jun 20

New task #544: Add method to query the component root of a file-based component
               Should be able to ask a component which of multiple
               component roots it came from, if using multiple component
               roots. Right now this is only available from the
               {source_root_key} slot.
Mon Jun 14   Jonathan Swartz created task
  http://www.masonhq.com/docs/todo/access.html?id=544

New task #545: Integrate David Wheeler's changes to the Apache testing code from stable into HEAD
               David made the following changes: 

               * Add -d to point to the test directory as the server root
               when starting Apache. 

               * Moved the log files into t/logs and the conf file(s) into
               t/conf. Add these to cleanup list.
Tue Jun 15   Dave Rolsky created task
             Dave Rolsky writes: Of course, this may all be done
               differently once we move to Apache::Test
  http://www.masonhq.com/docs/todo/access.html?id=545

New bug #546: Combination of <%shared> and subrequests can seg fault on Perl < 5.8.4
               A component with a <%shared> section that is executed both
               in the main request and in a subrequest may cause Perl to
               seg fault. Exact conditions of the bug are difficult to pin
               down; it is sometimes possible to tweak a seg faulting
               component slightly to make it benign again. 

               This is a minimal component that reproduces the seg fault on
               Perl 5.6.1: 

               <%shared> 

               my $foo; 

               </%shared> 

               <%init> 

               # ARGS 

               $foo = "hi"; 

               unless ($m->is_subrequest) { 

               $m->subexec($m->current_comp->path); 

               $m->abort(); 

               } 

               </%init> 

               Replacing the "# ARGS" comment with "my $bar" will eliminate
               the seg fault on Perl 5.6.1, but still cause a seg fault on
               Perl 5.8.3. (See
               http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/Params.html#define_args_h
               ash for why this comment is significant to Mason.) 

               The seg fault could not be reproduced on Perl 5.8.4, leading
               us to believe that the bug was fixed in that version. 

               We have tried tweaking internal code to eliminate the
               problem without success. In any event, with this kind of
               bug, doing a random code tweak might eliminate the seg fault
               in one component but cause a new seg fault in a different
               component. 

               For 5.6.1 users, removing any mention of ARGS from the
               component appears to eliminate the seg fault. For 5.8.3
               users, we recommend an upgrade to 5.8.4.
Thu Jun 17   Jonathan Swartz created bug
             Jonathan Swartz set version_found to 1.10
             Jonathan Swartz set difficulty to 3
             Jonathan Swartz set severity to Normal
             Jonathan Swartz set version_goal to Never
  http://www.masonhq.com/docs/todo/access.html?id=546




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