[Koha-devel] mod_perl (was: DBIx::Class stuff)

[Michael Hafen]

Hmm, I hope that isn't the case.  I have multiple instances of Koha
running on a server with mod_perl installed.  I haven't heard any
complaints so far.

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:00 -0500, Ryan Higgins wrote:
> 
> I assume that C4::Context's overriding of Exporter's import method
> is a big problem for anyone wishing to run more than one Koha instance
> on a mod_perl enabled machine.  While it's convenient to be able to
> just
> call C4::Context->dbh  to get the active db handle from Context's
> package
> global $context,  I think we will have to refactor much of Koha's api
> and start
> passing a $context object around instead of using the package global.
> 
> Am I missing something, or will this be necessary to run multiple
> Kohas 
> under mod_perl ?
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Moore
> <andrew.moore at liblime.com> wrote:
>         On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Rick Welykochy
>         <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:
>         > Joshua Ferraro wrote:
>         >
>         >> Speed is definitely a major concern here ... and I believe
>         it's one of
>         >> the reasons that Koha originally wasn't written with an
>         ORM. Andy, any
>         >> thoughts about what this choice will mean w/respect to
>         performance?
>         >
>         > The use of mod_perl would speed things up by an order (and a
>         half)
>         > of magnitude, giving the software more leeway to use
>         abstractions
>         > like an OR mapper.
>         
>         Hi Rick -
>         
>         I've long suspected that Koha could benefit from using
>         mod_perl, too.
>         Do you know of any work done to see if it's possible or what
>         changes
>         would need to be made in order to allow it?
>         
>         Thanks,
>         -Andy
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