[rt-users] RT 3.4.4 and mod_perl1.99 - clarification

[Chris Stankaitis]

Steven E. Ames wrote:
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com
>>So here in we hit a problem... RHEL3/4 will continue to backport fixes
>>to mod_perl 199, it will likely be years before they upgrade to a 2.0X
>>version (RHEL5 I would assume)
>>
>>If 1.99 is mod_perl2 then why won't 3.4.4 work under it?
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> 
> 1.99 is NOT mod_perl2. 1.99 was a development branch that would, in time, become mod_perl2. Many people used it as mod_perl2 in order to get mod_perl working under Apache2. However when mod_perl2 was actually released the developers made a decision to alter the API making 1.99 and 2.0 incompatible.
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> Applications designed for 1.99 won't work with 2.0 and vice-versa.
> 
> In the RT world:
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> 3.4.4 requires mod_perl2 2.0 or higher and won't work with 1.99. Older versions of RT will work with 1.99. Go ahead and get yourself some 3.4.3 and be happy in your work. Or upgrade mod_perl to 2.01 and also be happy (although this will necessitate many other upgrades (Mason, etc...)).
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> So. To summarize: mod_perl 1.99 IS NOT 2.0.
> 
> -Steve

Thanks for the clarification Steven.

--Chris