From: Aaron Kulbe Date: 2006-02-14T09:51:52+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Mongrel 0.3.2 -- The Right Site/All Requests Answered On 2/13/06, Zed Shaw wrote:> "Another Mongrel release?! Is he insane?" Yeah, basically.>> This is yet another release of Mongrel that adds a bunch of little features> people requested and I found were needed. This release is almost entirely> targeted at Ruby on Rails folks as the majority of the changes went into the> mongrel_rails runner.>> Get this release from the (correctly linked) site:>> * http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/ -- project site.> * http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1306 -- direct to downloads.>>> == What's Mongrel>> Mongrel is a fast HTTP library and server for Ruby that is intended for> hosting Ruby web applications of any kind using plain HTTP rather than> FastCGI or SCGI. It is framework agnostic and already supports Ruby On> Rails, Og+Nitro, and Camping frameworks.>>> == Getting Mongrel>> Simplest way to get Mongrel is through RubyGems. If you've got Ruby On> Rails floating around you just do this:>> $ gem install mongrel (or gem upgrade if you've already got it)> $ cd myrailsapp> $ mongrel_rails start -d>> That runs it in the background in *development* mode on port 3000. Use the> -h option to start to see the various options you have. Stopping it is> just:>> $ mongrel_rails stop>> Win32 people will need to avoid -d until I can test things an get a service> written.>> == Changes>> Lots of little fixes and enhancements that people requested from the last> release.>> * FAQ questions answered on threading and deployment scenarios.> * Added some additional text to make the side icons a little clearer.> * Created a dogs page with some people's favorite pets.> * Write out a better message for 'mongrel_rails start' giving the> environment and other stuff.> * Default to using ENV['RAILS_ENV'] or "default" as environment.> * Removed the restriction on the environments so people can have custom> ones.> * Added options for:> * -n Number of processor threads.> * -t Timeout for each processor before it kills a request.> * -m Specify additional MIME type mappings in YAML format.> * -c Change to directory before starting (both for start and stop> commands)> * -r Use a different document root from "public"> * Use "rb" as open mode on all platforms (for windows binary files)> * Fixed bug in DirHandler which prevented people from altering MIME mapping.>> The big change is the additional options that people have for running Ruby> On Rails applications via Mongrel. Please try them out with your weird> configurations and let me know how they work.>> == Dogs>> Don't forget to check out peoples favorite pets at> http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/dogs.html>> Zed A. Shaw> http://www.zedshaw.com/>>> Would Mongrel be suitable for running a Typo blog on?