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mod-pubsub.org is down for the time being because we got h4x0r3d. We'll bring it back up soon.

Meanwhile, I wanted to provide a link to our Swik page:

http://swik.net/mod-pubsub

This tarball includes some minor bug fixes, but the major change for this distribution is that files now include a wording change to clarify that the standard BSD license is how KnowNow intended to license Mod-PubSub all along.

All KnowNow copyrights have been stretched to 2004 as a side-effect of this change.

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&package_id=64172&release_id=232682

Note: I noticed a corrupted file in the 0.993 tarball so I re-released the tarball (with datestamp 10-31) for download at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=192963

We put together this tarball to include several
recent patches to parts of the distribution, and
add a useful app for webdevs, including:

A. Joyce's addition of topicsubtool.php found in
the directory mod_pubsub/webdev_toolkit .... read more

Watch it grow with new information as we learn things from development, deployment, and maintenance experiences:

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/moinmoin/FrontPage

We put together this tarball to include several
recent patches to parts of the distribution, and
add some prototype apps, including

1. Joyce's fix to the top-level index.html and
her fixes to kn_docs/faq.html .

2. Patches and additions to cxx_pubsub/LibKN/ .

3. Jeff's perftest framework, added to
java_pubsub/apps/perftest_framework/ .
Note this needs porting to Mike and Robert's
Java pubsub client library.... read more

Thanks to Joyce for continuing to make the FAQ better and better...

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_docs/faq.html

We've been talking about semipermeable blogging for a little while, and Joyce's paper on the topic is finally done.

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_docs/semipermeable.html

It deals with the issues that we're designing towards, to make sure we're all on the same page; there will be a design doc for a mod-pubsub enabled weblog later. We'd love comments and suggestions.

Download v0.991 of mod_pubsub at:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=175421

This release includes lots of patches and some additions to kn_apps and js_apps. Basically, we've worked on patching the JavaScript PubSub client libraries and on adding a few more samples with this release.

More to come soon...

Download v0.99 of mod_pubsub at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=173001

We put together this tarball to include several recent patches to the core infrastructure. This release includes:

1. python_pubsub/pubsublib.py patches: now works on Python 2.1+ on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X

2. python_pubsub/apps/subscribe.py is a command-line app that listens to blogchatter by default or any server/topic ... read more

Download the tarball from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=172328

This release includes code patches and documentation updates.

very nicely documented, too -- check it out:

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/

Download v0.97 of mod_pubsub at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=166791

In this tarball we...

Folded in a bunch of patches to the Python PubSub Server. Now it works with Python 1.5 and above.

and...

Updated the look-n-feel of the FAQ and the top level index.html to be consistent with the style of http://www.mod-pubsub.org/blog/

New look-n-feel, courtesy of Joyce n Scott...

Little gems get added everyday...

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/blog/index.php

See you in blogspace...

Download v0.96 of mod_pubsub at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=164088

We put together this tarball to include several
recent patches to the PubSub Servers and
documentation. This release includes:

1. Joyce's fix to kn_expires in pubsub.py so it is self-cleaning.
2. Jos's FlashTunnel class addition to pubsub.py so it
supports kn_response_format=flash .
3. Robert's fix to the Java client library.
4. Simplified top-level index.html, moving the old top-level
index.html to the top-level inventory.html .
5. Links to the mod_pubsub weblog and the blogchatter
application from kn_docs/faq.html .

Little gems get added everyday...

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/blog/index.php

See you in blogspace...

Download v0.95 of mod_pubsub at:

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=161313

We put together this tarball to include several
recent patches to the PubSub Servers and
documentation.

Download it from

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=158327

New features-n-fixes:

1. Lots of patches to python_pubsub, php_pubsub, and kn_tools.

2. Improved kn_docs documentation.

3. Added command-line arguments for cross-domain setup and verbose mode to the Python PubSub Server.

4. Added our first logo -- however primitive -- and updated the FAQ.

Download page:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=155906

Feature highlights:

1. Cross-domain support in the Perl PubSub Server and Python PubSub Server.

These include Robert's patches to cross-domain support, which are now
accessible as a python_pubsub/pubsub.py command line argument. He also
included a test harness in python_pubsub/xdomainserver.py . More than
one person has commented that thanks to Robert's suggestions and efforts,
"mod_pubsub is finally usable"... :)... read more

Fixes some bugs in the JavaScript pubsub library, and adds some JavaScript libraries for event collections and event classes.

I checked in a JavaScript object serializer into

mod_pubsub/kn_tools/js_object_serializer.html

This complements the other JavaScript tools included in the distribution:

JavaScript compressor -- mod_pubsub/kn_tools/js_compress.sh
JavaScript localizer -- mod_pubsub/kn_tools/kn_localize.sh
JavaScript character set browser -- mod_pubsub/kn_tools/charat/
Some useful JavaScript bookmarklets -- mod_pubsub/kn_tools/bookmarklets.html
JavaScript tunnel monitor -- mod_pubsub/kn_apps/kn_lib/tunnelmonitor/ ... read more

mod_pubsub/index.html and mod_pubsub/kn_apps/index.html have been modified
to reflect these new additions and modifications

1. mod_pubsub/cgi-bin/PubSub/Client.pm
mod_pubsub/cgi-bin/PubSub/Server.pm
mod_pubsub/cgi-bin/pubsub.cgi

A bug in Client.pm was fixed; we now allow server URI's to end in "/".
The server logic was moved out of pubsub.cgi and into Server.pm.
The Perl PubSub library is one step closer to being CPAN-able.
We also set up a pointer to the Perl PubSub library from... read more

We now have seven PubSub Client Libraries, which we nicknamed after dwarves:

1. c_pubsub/libkn: "grumpy" (C)
single-threaded, partially non-blocking [tunnel non-blocking, other requests block]

2. cxx_pubsub/LibKN: "happy" (C++/COM/ActiveX/.NET/PocketPC)
multi-threaded, blocking

3. cgi-bin/PubSub: "dopey" (Perl)
single-threaded, partially non-blocking [tunnel non-blocking, other requests block]... read more

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66293&release_id=144907

Changes include:
1. Bug fixes, additions, and reorganization to cxx_pubsub.
2. Cleanup of c_pubsub.
3. New kn_apps: connect4, reversi, topics, tree.
4. New kn_tools: perftest_throughput.java
5. New kn_sense: apache_logfile.sh
6. New python_pubsub: bridge.py

Enjoy,
Adam

1. Added python_pubsub client library.
2. Fixed bug in pubsub.cgi that allows relative pathnames.
3. Added some command-line kn_tools: list_events.plx, list_subtopics.plx, and list_routes.plx.
4. Modified sitewatch application to use new python_pubsub client.

Changes:

1. Made /kn style work with all of the kn_apps
2. Added "sitewatch" application in kn_apps, including sensor
3. Some smaller modifications