July 26, 1996
o release 0.76b1
o included Sven Verdoolaege's (experimental) patch for minimal TIEHANDLE
support, so we can tie *STDOUT, 'print' instead of '$r->print' that is.
o added (experimental) Apache::TieHandle module
o included Chip Salzenberg's FileHandle.pm patch
o added UsersGuide document
o if no PerlHandler is defined we fail with a SERVER_ERROR
o Apache::Registry now checks to make sure uri is not a directory
o applied Apache::Registry patch from Andreas for minor clean-up
and an extra error check
July 21, 1996
o release 0.75a1
o added Apache::Registry module contributed by
Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de>
o Apache::SSI now checks ExecCGI option before doing an 'exec'
o included patch for mod_alias.c to allow for PerlAlias directive
o added allow_options and is_perlaliased methods to Apache.pm
o added Apache::Options module
o added Apache::Debug module
o applied patch from Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de> to
-fake up a PerlScript if one is not specified
-ITERATE over PerlModule directive so it will accept multiple modules
-no longer store request_rec in $Apache::Request
o we now require ExtUtils::Embed as it has been re-named for
the standard perl distribution as of 5.003_01
July 19, 1996
o release 0.71b1
o added PERL_CCFLAGS to Makefile.tmpl as suggested by
Lincoln Stein <lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu>
o subroutines no longer need to return '0' for OK status, 200 and 1
are 'OK' too.
o added 'PerlHandler' as replacement for 'PerlResponse',
seems like a more appropriate name after Salvador's
'AddHandler' suggestion
o added item to the handler_rec so we can say 'AddHandler'
Thanks to Salvador Garcia <sortiz@cfe.gob.mx>
o fixed bug with storing 'PerlModule's read from srm.conf
Thanks to Salvador Garcia <sortiz@cfe.gob.mx> for the spot and helping with the fix
o more Makefile.tmpl fixes from Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de>
July 14, 1996
o release 0.70b1
o applied patches from Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de>
to fix Makefile.tmpl bug, NeXT define troubles,
typos and documentation clean-up
o Added Apache::SSI module for server side includes
o Added 'PerlModule' directive for loading modules in srm.conf
o fixed read_client_block bug that was causing trailing garbage to show up
on the client for some people.
Thanks to Alan Beale <agb@openplus.co.uk> for the fix.
June 25, 1996
o release 0.60a5
o fixed bug in mod_perl_fast that was causing bizarre problems for some people
June 18, 1996
o release 0.60a4
o dropped content and args methods from Apache.xs, moved to Apache.pm
The xs implementation was causing problems for some people
o added Apache::unescape_url function
o added $r->header_in method
June 17, 1996
o release 0.60a3
o Added read() alias for read_client_block
o Updated Makefile.tmpl to use the renamed ExtUtils::embed
o Fixed various small bugs that were causing big problems
o pid $$ now set in mod_perl_fast, thanks to Alan Beale <agb@openplus.co.uk>
o Added basic_http_header() method
May 21, 1996
o release 0.60a2
o fixed bug in mod_perl_fast.c the caused problems with
$r->content and $r->args
o Added Apache::CGI module for those who use CGI.pm
o There's now a Makefile.PL (currently for installing perl-only modules).
May 18, 1996
o release 0.60a1 - first public release
o Started getting ready for optional Safe wrapper around scripts
o Added $r->get_remote_host() method, putting $r->connection->remote_host back to normal
May 9, 1996
o release 0.50a2
o new (faster) approach with mod_perl_fast
Thanks to John Detloff <detloff@arizona.edu>
for friendly error checking code.
o we now use an Apache.pm file
o moved more code from mod_perl to Apache.xs so mod_perl_fast could share it
o organized Apache.xs
o fixed $r->connection->remote_host
o hiding of 'Authorization' header is optional now
o added 'print' alias to 'write_client'
o dropped set_ prefix for several methods
May 1, 1996
o release 0.50a1
o xs_init now gets linked with us, as generated by Devel::embed
so we can bootstrap static extensions (including Apache)
o stomped out *main:: variables, moved to Apache.xs as methods
o added method 'request' to return the request pointer object
And did a typedef request_rec * Apache
so we don't need to say @request_recPtr::ISA = 'Apache'; anymore
o added method 'write_client' for sending a @list of data to the client
o added methods that simply access members of request_rec
-method
-uri
-protocol
-path_info
-filename
o added method 'args'
when called in a scalar context, it returns the query string
when called in a list context, it splits the query_string into key => vairs
o moved parsing code to Apache.xs, and now data is only read when the user
asks for it with the content() method.
o added method 'content'
when called in a scalar context, it reads data from the client
when called in a list context, it splits the content into key => vairs
o added method 'headers_in' to return a %hash of request headers
the 'Authentication' header is not returned
o added perl_call_argv to Apache->bootstrap ourselves
o we now flush the script's %ENV
o users can set-up a standard CGI %ENV via method $r->cgi_vars
o the script's STDERR in now redirected to the error_log
o added client_to_stdout and client_to_stdin methods to
hookup the script's STDOUT and STDIN
** This is broken right now **
o added method 'connection' and Apache::Connection class
returns a object reference to the request_rec's conn_rec
methods availible include:
- remote_host
- remote_ip
- remote_logname
- remote_user
- auth_type
o added method 'server' and Apache::Server class
returns a object reference to the request_rec's server_rec
methods availible include:
- server_admin
- server_host
- port
o Changes for Apache 1.1x
-rprintf to bputs, etc.
March ?? 1996
Initial version of mod_perl.c and perl_glue.xs
by Gisle Aas <aas@oslonett.no>
Thanks for getting this started Gisle!