[ANN] WSGI module 0.0.6

[Manlio Perillo]

I'm pleased to announce the release of the WSGI module for nginx, 
version 0.0.6.

The WSGI module is an implementation of the Python Web Server Gateway 
Interface v1.0 (http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/) for the Nginx server.

The module is available only via a Mercurial repository at:
http://hg.mperillo.ath.cx/nginx/mod_wsgi/


Here is a changelog:

   - Bug fix: configuration problem on Mac OS X.

   - Added support for nginx 0.5.34, and dropped support for older
     versions.

     Note: older version are only supported via patches.
   - Added wsgi_optimize_send_headers directive.

     WSGI spec requires that the headers must be sent when the first
     not empty string is yielded, however sending headers early can
     optimize content generation.

   - Added experimental support for interpreter finalization.

     This will ensure that sys.exitfunc is called.
   - Variables declared with wsgi_var directive can override HTTP_
     variables.

     It can be useful, as an example, to override HTTP_COOKIE with:

        wsgi_var HTTP_COOKIE  $http_cookie;

     since the $http_cookie variable combines multiple Cookie headers.
   - Renamed the wsgi_params directive to wsgi_var.

     wsgi_param was a poor choice, since parameters are a concept used
     by FastCGI.

     This revision breaks compatibility.
   - Added the wsgi_allow_ranges directive, for integrated support to
     partial HTTP requests.
   - Added the ngx_wsgitest.py script, that executes a WSGI application
     in a testing environment.
   - Added the ngx_wsgiref.py script, that runs a WSGI application
     using the builtin wsgiref server, with a command line compatibile
     with ngx_wsgi.py.
   - Added the ngx_wsgi.py script, for rapid deployment of WSGI
     applications using nginx and mod_wsgi.
   - Added wsgi_middleware directive.

     This directive enables middleware stacking in mod_wsgi.
   - Removed the callable_object and the wsgi_alias directives, and
     added a new wsgi_pass directive.

     The new directive is more consistent with other nginx modules like
     mod_fastcgi and mod_proxy.

     This revision breaks compatibility.



Manlio Perillo