[mod_python] The mod_python project soon to be officially dead.

Raphaël B. nashii at gmail.com
Thu May 27 20:18:13 EDT 2010


Hi,

Is it possible to have something like psp with mod_wsgi ?
'cause I have programmed some pages with psp (i don't really like publisher
..) and I would like to continue using it.

Is it as simple as for mod_python to use sessions ?

It's really difficult to change the way we make things ...

Raphaël

2010/5/28 Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumpleton at gmail.com>

> On 28 May 2010 09:53, Jason Caldwell <jscnet99 at me.com> wrote:
> > Hi Graham --
> > I would like to see mod_python continue on.  Supporting Py3.
>
> Well, find like minded people and take on development and support of
> mod_python yourself. That is going to be the only solution.
>
> Knowing all the problems with how to deal with all the Unicode/bytes
> issues in Python 3.X it is going even be a major task working out what
> the interfaces should look like and where bytes versus Unicode should
> be used. The argument about this for WSGI has been going on for almost
> 2 years now I think and still now final resolution and WSGI is a lot
> smaller interface than mod_python.
>
> Also, there are a significant number of bugs in mod_python and
> seriously they would need to be addressed before even trying to go to
> Python 3.X. All up it is going to need some serious commitment and
> right now there is no one who who has said they are prepared to do
> that.
>
> > I find the frameworks annoying and really love the simplicity and
> lightness of mod_python.
>
> Did you look at Werkzeug and Flask as I mentioned in the blog. These
> are not heavy weight frameworks. Flask is specifically what is called
> a micro framework. Even if you didn't like Flask, it wouldn't take
> much effort to use Werkzeug to create an alternate micro framework
> that has usage pattern not too dissimilar to mod_python publisher. But
> one has to question whether that is a good idea either given the
> various design issues in publisher around multiple URLs being able to
> be used to map to a single resource and the problems that causes. Do
> you preserve these bad design issues or fix them?
>
> Graham
>
> > On May 27, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
> >
> >> I have warned about this before on the list, but it is getting closer
> now.
> >>
> >> If you are a user of mod_python, read my blog post about the topic at:
> >>
> >>
> http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2010/05/modpython-project-soon-to-be-officially.html
> >>
> >> Graham
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