Bug#1021023: ITP: libhttpd-bench-apachebench-perl -- Perl API for Apache benchmarking and regression testing

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Package: wnpp
Owner: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-perl@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : libhttpd-bench-apachebench-perl
  Version         : 0.73
  Upstream Author : Adi Fairbank <adi@adiraj.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/ApacheBench
* License         : Artistic
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Perl API for Apache benchmarking and regression testing

HTTPD::Bench::ApacheBench sends sequences of HTTP requests to an HTTP
server and keeps  track of the time taken to receive a response, the data
that was returned, the size of the data that was returned, and various
other bits of information.

Since it is implemented in C, it sends HTTP requests in a tight loop which
can stress your server to 100% capacity, especially if invoked in multiple
concurrent instances. It gives accurate time measurements down to the
millisecond for each HTTP request-response interval.

Included is a simplified re-implementation of ab using the ApacheBench/Perl
API. This should help get you started with ApacheBench.

The package will be maintained under the umbrella of the Debian Perl Group.

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