# Mongrel Web Server 0.3.12.4 -- Relaxed Parser, Date Fix **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798 "2006-04-10T17:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/1 "2006-04-10T17:41:33Z")
Hello Everyone, Just a small announcement for Mongrel 0.3.12.4 which fixes the following things: - Corrects the date format returned so that months are three chars only. - Fixes a problem where DirHandler wasn’t returning Last-Modified and Etag headers for unknown MIME types. - Implements a default mime type for anything it doesn’t know about, and lets you set it via an attribute in DirHandler if you want different. - Cleans up the file serving code in DirHandler a bit. - Relaxes the parser to that it will accept any request methods as long as they are upper case, digits, safe chars ($ - \_ .) and with length from 1-20 characters. Anything outside this restriction is still rejected with a close. It has been tested under the usual platforms (Linux, FreeBSD, OSX, Win32) so people on other platforms should report to me any experiences. You can get information on Mongrel at [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/) and you can download it from the gem repositories as soon as it hits the mirrors. REPORTING BUGS A couple people complained that they hate joining mailing lists to report bugs. I hate that too. That’s why there’s two yellow bugs on the main page which go to: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=5145&group\_id=1306&func=browse](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=5145&group_id=1306&func=browse) Where you can report bugs and I’ll fix them. If you take a look I’ve already done 11 bugs. WIN32 0.3.12.5 The 0.3.12.5 release will be for cleaning up the differences between POSIX and Win32 systems. The plan is to get rid of mongrel\_rails\_service and the mongrel\_rails\_svc command and start using one consistent mongrel\_rails command for all platforms. CANDA ON RAILS Finally I’ll be at Canada on Rails and I’m looking to meet with people who have problems running Mongrel or who have production applications and are interested in getting Mongrel to run them. E-mail me off-list if you’re interested in meeting up with me. THE BIG PRODUCTION RELEASE About a week after Canada on Rails I’ll have everyone’s feedback incorporated and will do the release that I consider production ready. I’m going to version this release as: Mongrel 0.4 Enterprise Edition 1.2 This is to keep up with the Java trend of tacking the word “Enterprise” onto anything they want to sell and giving it two version numbers: one for developers and one for managers. If you’re looking for a set of elevator pitches for Mongrel, then I would suggest these after this release: - “Mongrel powers the Web 2.0 revolution just like Rails.” - “Mongrel’s enterprise ready, look, says so right in the name.” - “Mongrel’s version 1.2, Rails is only 1.1.58.” - “Sure Mongrel can scale, all you do is strap a salmon to the jello and it scales just fine.” – Makes about as much sense as Java’s scalability arguments so why not. Enjoy! Zed A. Shaw > **[Zed A. shaw](https://zedshaw.com/)** > > Personal essays and writings by Zed A. Shaw. [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/2 "2006-04-10T17:50:50Z")
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Zed S. wrote: > - “Mongrel powers the Web 2.0 revolution just like Rails.” > - “Mongrel’s enterprise ready, look, says so right in the name.” > - “Mongrel’s version 1.2, Rails is only 1.1.58.” > - “Sure Mongrel can scale, all you do is strap a salmon to the jello and \> it scales just fine.” > – Makes about as much sense as Java’s scalability arguments so why not. zed- you clearly don’t work in the government or you’d know that the key producing robust code is to name it with acronyms - preferably double nested ones. really good projects have tripple nested acronyms, so you’ve got a ways to go. my personal feeling is that when GNU makes that final hurdle and from double nesting to tripple is that they’ll toppile microsoft in one quarter. 😉 -a ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/3 "2006-04-10T18:06:10Z")
On 4/10/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > you clearly don’t work in the government or you’d know that the key producing > robust code is to name it with acronyms - preferably double nested ones. > really good projects have tripple nested acronyms, so you’ve got a ways to go. > > my personal feeling is that when GNU makes that final hurdle and from double > nesting to tripple is that they’ll toppile microsoft in one quarter. Like the HURD? HIRD of Unix Replacing Daemons HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth ;^) ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/4 "2006-04-10T19:10:50Z")
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Jim W. wrote: > … > touche teacher. touche. -a ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/5 "2006-04-10T18:56:58Z")
unknown wrote: > my personal feeling is that when GNU makes that final hurdle and from > double > nesting to tripple is that they’ll toppile microsoft in one quarter. Hmmm … I thought GNU was infintely recursive: GNU’s Not Unix (GNU’s Not Unix)'s Not Unix ((GNU’s Not Unix)'s Not Unix)'s Not Unix … – Jim W. ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-4-relaxed-parser-date-fix/93798/6 "2006-04-11T09:13:44Z")
Hey Zed, On 4/10/06, Zed S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Just a small announcement for Mongrel 0.3.12.4 which fixes the following > things: Great stuff! One question, though: any chance of removing the older gems? On a ‘gem update mongrel’, I got 34 (!) choices of which gem to update to. That seems a bit much, especially since my last installed version was ‘0.3.12.2 (ruby)’. If not, no big deal. I’d rather see more great work on mongrel than having the gems cleaned up. - Dimitri