[cgiapp] Re: CAP::AutoRunmode not working with mod_perl again ??

[Richard Jones]

Mark Stosberg wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:44:40 +0000
> Richard Jones <ra.jones at dpw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I know this was supposed to be fixed in v0.14 but it seems to be 
>> happening again. In a trivial setup:
> 
> That sounds frustrating Richard. I haven't gone back to use AutoRunmode after
> getting bitten the first time around with the mod_perl issue. Have you tried
> the RunmodeDeclare plugin as an alternative?

Hi Mark,

Yes I have - and it does now seem to work OK under all 3 envs (mod_perl, 
HTTP::Simple::Server/CA::Server & mod_cgi), but I'm still a little wary 
of it as it seems to use deeper magic than AutoRunmode, and I'm not sure 
all the issues that were discussed earlier [RFC: declarative run modes 
(inspired by Method::Signatures)] have been addressed. Is RunmodeDeclare 
'safe' to use in production in combination with many other plugins (eg 
CAP::Authentication, CAP::Authorization, etc) yet?

The choice actually is a) fix AutoRunmode - preferable as my app. is 
already working with it (except under mod_perl); b) switch to 
RunmodeDeclare, where I will have a lot of code to convert and is pretty 
much a one-way ticket; and c) revert to the traditional method of 
declaring $self->run_modes & $self->start_mode in setup(), which can 
probably be considered the safer option.
-- 
Richard Jones