[Zope] fastcgi and ISP's -- alternatives?

[Jason Jones]

on 11/19/99 4:49 AM, Jim Fulton at jim@digicool.com wrote:

> Jason Jones wrote:
>> 
>> According to the Zope fastcgi package, it sounds like Zope will only run
>> under a mod_fastcgi snapshot later than 2.2.2. Is this correct?
> 
> It should be easier with 2.2.2. It should work with earlier versions,
> but you'll have to use mod_rewrite to pass authentication data or let
> apache do authentication.

Thanks for the info. The ZAG documentation, specifically the line:

     "The latest stable version of mod_fastcgi at the time of this writing
is 2.2.2. You'll need to either grab one of the latest snapshots or a newer
version (if one exists)..."

reads as if 2.2.2 won't work and a later version is required. It's good to
know this is just an awkward paragraph and not true.

> 
>> I want to run Zope through fastcgi under apache on my ISP, but I doubt I can
>> convince them to install an unstable snapshot. I've tried pcgi but it's very
>> slow. Is there any work being done on a mod_zope or some other connection
>> method that ISP's would willing run?
> 
> Do you think that some new mod_zope would be more stable that mod_fastcgi
> 2.2.2?
> 

Nope, see above - I thought you were requiring an unstable post-2.2.2
mod_fastcgi.... 

I will note however that a mod_zope couldn't hurt ISP adoption. I've been
calling tons of them and most don't seem willing to deal with anything that
isn't standard cgi or compiled into apache, and strangely enough most of
them won't do mod_fastcgi either. What Zope could really use is a simple
setup like mod_php and a good PR push behind it so that ISP's will take it
up. A start might be mod_python or something like that. If I recall
correctly, one of the modules for embedding python already has some glue
code for Zope (from the 1.10 release).

Jason