Vampire 1.6 is now available. http://www.dscpl.com.au/projects/vampire http://www.dscpl.com.au/downloads/vampire-1.6-20050422.tar.gz Vampire is an extension module for mod_python, which provides a more flexible dispatch mechanism for basic content handlers, as well as an alternative implementation of the mod_python.publisher module. A range of other useful features are also provided which make using mod_python a much more pleasant experience. For a quick overview of the features that Vampire provides check out: http://www.dscpl.com.au/projects/vampire/articles/vampire-001.html For a full list of changes in this new version check out: http://www.dscpl.com.au/projects/vampire/changes.html A couple of bugs have been fixed in this version, along with some new features and improvements. The supplied example of how to use mod_python/Vampire with Cheetah templates has also been improved. Problems fixed include a bug in the module import mechanism which was causing thread lockups when import modules were doing sub imports and the system was heavily loaded with requests against the same resource. Plus changes to allow Digest or other forms of authentication to be carried out by Apache and not have Vampire get in the way by throwing back a bad request error due to not knowing anything about that specific authentication type. Most significant new feature is a way of overriding login authentication and access hooks so that an alternate mechanism to Basic authentication can be used. This allows for example a session based mechanism using a web form for login to be easily used. Enjoy.