Mainly this is to fix a security vulnerability. Other changes:
Mod_python 3.0 no longer works with Apache 1.3, only Apache 2.x is supported.
Mod_python no longer works with Python versions less than 2.2.1
Mod_python now supports Apache filters.
Mod_python now supports Apache connection handlers.
Request object supports internal_redirect().
Connection object has read(), readline() and write().
Server object has get_config().
Httpdapi handler has been deprecated.
Zpublisher handler has been deprecated.
Username is now in req.user instead of req.connection.user
developer is officially maintaining the package.
The rationale for changing this from "tech-pkg" to "pkgsrc-users" is
that it implies that any user can try to maintain the package (by
submitting patches to the mailing list). Since the folks most likely
to care about the package are the folks that want to use it or are
already using it, this would leverage the energy of users who aren't
developers.
python*-pth packages into meta-packages which will install the non-pth
packages. Bump PKGREVISIONs on the non-pth versions to propagate the
thread change, but leave the *-pth versions untouched to not affect
existing installations.
Sync all PYTHON_VERSIONS_AFFECTED lines in package Makefiles.
in the process. (More information on tech-pkg.)
Bump PKGREVISION and BUILDLINK_DEPENDS of all packages using libtool and
installing .la files.
Bump PKGREVISION (only) of all packages depending directly on the above
via a buildlink3 include.
Version 3.1.3
Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter
As discussed on the mailing list, this package builds and runs for the
most part but fails if the web server has too many backends. Adding it
breaks nothing and does add functionality. I will file a PR to keep
track of the remaining issue.
