JetForce vs. Molly Brown Server: CGI-variable SCRIPT_NAME is not present

[Frank Jüdes]

Hi Omar,

For GLV-1.12556 i would have to install lua, a language with which i am not comfortable at all. Also my Linux Distro doesn't include the LibreSSL… yes i know you can always configure, make and  make install, but just want to install a gemini-server and not make a phd.

GMID i actually had considered because it is written C meaning it is /fast/!  But i wasn't sure about the CGI capabilities, like which environment variables are available for CGI programs. If you can help me out here i will definitely consider gmid for both the production and my development box and gladly provide you with feedback.

As for the name GGI: For writing CGI programs /perl/ has been my favorite language since eons - no discussions about programming-languages necessary, you cannot master them all and over the years you develop your favorites - so in perl there is the "gold-standard" package for CGI programs with the name /CGI.pm/ therefore i could not use the same name for my package. So i named it /GGI.pm/ no evil intend, no re-inventing the wheel, sheer necessity for a good and short name.

On 2021-04-13 11:18, Omar Polo wrote:
> Frank Jüdes <Frank.Juedes@linux4specialists.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Stephane,
>>
>> Thank you very much for the update. That leaves me with three options now:
>>
>> 1. Try again to install Pythron 3.7+ on my stubborn development machine
>>     (Oracle Lunix 7…)
>> 2. Learn go really quickly and fork the Molly Brown server - i will
>>     call it »the sunken Molly Brown server« in that case
>> 3. Write my own gemini server from scratch in perl
>>
>> It really looks like only Molly Brown and JetForce have a usable
>> CGI-implementation. We should call it GGI, btw: Gemini Gateway
>> Interface to distinguish it from CGI.
> They're definitely not the only one: GLV-1.12556 and gmid (disclaimer:
> I'm the author) have a complete CGI support.  GLV-1.12556 has even more
> things, such as SGCI support; and you may want to count vger in that
> list too, even it's a little limited in this regard.
>
> Also, why reinvent the wheel and find another name when the CGI
> specification, modulo one or two environment variables (REQUEST_METHOD -
> and is debatable), maps well to Gemini?
>
>> Best regards from Charleston (WV),
>>       Frank/2
>>
>>
>> On 2021-04-13 03:09, Alexis wrote:
>>> Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@sources.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> I did not find a public issue tracker for MollyBrown, and the one patch
>>>> I sent to the author went unanswered.
>>> i.e. one you don't have to register for? Because otherwise:
>>>
>>>    https://tildegit.org/solderpunk/molly-brown/issues
>>>
>>> Still, yeah, Solderpunk isn't around much nowadays; i sent a patch
>>> for the telem BBS in September last year, and i believe it's not yet
>>> applied ....
>>>
>>> (i also submitted a couple of patches for Elpher seven months ago,
>>> adding link numbering, but Elpher's maintainer doesn't seem to be
>>> active either.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Alexis.