spyce v1.3.2 released

[Rimon Barr]

Spyce v1.3.2 released on 1 Dec 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Grisha released mod_python 3.0.1 today for Apache 2.0.40 and Python 2.2.1
and up. Spyce has been updated to work with this release of mod_python as
well. To summarize the known configurations that are known work well (and
are often tested by me *):

  Linux:
  * Apache 1.3.x  with FastCGI          - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with FastCGI          - unknown, FastCGI still alpha
  * Apache 1.3.x  with CGI              - works (slow)
    Apache 2.0.x  with CGI              - works (slow)
  * Apache 1.3.x  with mod_python 2.7.x - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with mod_python 3.0.x - works
  * Apache 1.3.x  with proxy            - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with proxy            - works
  * command-line                        - works
    Xitami via CGI                      - works (Jim Madsen)
    Xitami via Xitami LWRP              - works (Jim Madsen)
  Windows: (not tested as often)
    same as above, except...
    Apache 2.0.x  with mod_python       - unknown whether mod_python
                                          v3.0.1 works on Windows yet
    should work on 2000, NT and XP.
    not sure about 95, 98, ME
  FastCGI:
    IIS via CGI                         - works
    IIS via FastCGI                     - works
    others                              - unknown
  CGI and proxy server:
    should work in any environment
  MacOS X:
    reported to work in some configuration by user
  FreeBSD:
    reported to work in some configuration by user

There were also some small tweaks to Windows installer and config file
that should make it more robust across more versions of Apache. Also there
was a switch back to the sre regular expression module. This should not
affect most users at all. But, watch for stack overruns and please report.
(see the changelog below.)

Enjoy,
Rimon.


v1.3.2
  mod_python 3.0.1 compatibility
  - switched to sre module, despite stack limits, because
    pre module conflicts with pcre shared object that apache uses
    (actually, just fails on some complicate reg.exps!)
    This implies that very, very long spyce files might fail, until
    sre module implements a state-machine-based reg.exp engine.
  - apacheRequest.connection.child_num mysteriously removed,
    therefore using os.getpid() in spyceModpyRequest.getServerID()
  spyceApache.conf tweaked (should be more compatible)
  installHelper.py converts backslash to forward slash
    for httpd.conf on Windows
  switched from pre to sre module in spyceCompile.py
    - reason: Apache 2.0.x uses different pcre library from Python
        causing failure under mod_python
    - pre was used over the default (sre) because sre implementation is
        stack-based and encountered overruns... Oh, well! Don't write
        Spyce files that blow the stack until sre is fixed.