[mod_python] garbage collection problems

> From: Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy [mailto:grisha at modpython.org]
> 
> I've never seen Python garbage-collect something that still has a
> reference to it - that functionality is rock solid
> 
> more likely your apache process dies/recycles itself.

This does seem to be sort of what is happening - namely that apache
seems to keep running but kill the interpreter and start a new one.

Is this the way it is supposed to work?
Have I misconfigured something?
Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks,
Richard.