Re: [Sheflug] Hi All

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 19:08 +0100, Mike Cardwell wrote:
> Ok. I have to step in again here. Installing mod_perl and setting it up 
> takes a few minutes to do, and is easy.

Not compared to PHP, it's not.

> I don't know how anyone could describe the process as a "pain".

>From having dealt with mod_perl in a commercial setting and from
personal experience on his own site?

> It's not difficult to support in an "ISP environment"

Yes, it is. I don't know why you're bothering with this argument; it's
acknowledged by the mod_perl developers to be a pain. From
http://perl.apache.org/docs/general/multiuser/multiuser.html, they
outline three choices: the first is unworkable due to security, the
second due to RAM requirement, the third due to cost.

> Most sys-admins that have had experience with perl/apache setups
> haven't had experience with mod_perl/apache setups so it gets 
> ignored.

I don't think it's sheer ignorance. I think people know the reputation
of mod_perl for complexity, memory usage and general maintenance and
just plain avoid it.

Cheers,

Alex.


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