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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com> on 1997/10/30 14:38:26 UTC

[STATUS] Thu Oct 30 08:18:17 EST 1997

It's time for the latest Status report...
=========================================

As of:
    Thu Oct 30 08:18:17 EST 1997

Release:

    2.0  : In discussion
    1.3b3: In development
    1.3b2: Tarball rolled and available
	   Source tagged as APACHE_1_3b2
	   Apache web-page reflects availability of 1.3b2
	   Announcement released
    1.3b1: There is no 1.3b1

Plan:

    * A ``preliminary'' WIN32 binary is built... Not sure if
	it's ready for prime-time, but it's available from ./dist

Notes:

    * Welcome to Martin Kraemer <Ma...@mch.sni.de>,
	new Apache Group member

Committed:

    * Ken's perl logfile splitter (to ./support)
    * Lars Eilebrecht's [PATCH] mod_speling loglevels
    * Ben's Fix CGI under Win95 (plus some error checking)
    * Ben's Fix absolute path detection
    * Martin's [PATCH] Reject multiple arguments to <...> block directives
    * Martin's [PATCH] Detect missing </Directive> at end-of-file
    * PR#1284 fix: add UNIQUE_ID to suexec wrapper for mod_unique_id
    * Ken's [PATCH] Slight cleanup of logging of bad directives
    * Martin's [PATCH] Suggestion for HTTP_VERSION(maj,min) macro
    * PR#1030 fix: Fix problem causing crash when a CGI is accessed with
      a ?arg does not contain a =
    * Work around buggy stat() on Win95 (closes some PR's?)
    * Paul's replacement fo README.NT
    * Paul's [BUG] NT fixup for failed spawn of child 
    * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1241: mod_dir/autoindex should DECLINE PUT
    * Dean's [PATCH] mod_speling 64-bit issues
    * Martin's [PATCH] Global variables should be set in MainServer,
    * Sameer's Fix builds so that they depend on the .o files
    * Dean's adjustment of mod_unique_id.c
    * Email address added to all internal LICENSEs
    * Rasmus's abbreviated [PATCH] Trying to grok .module files
    * Sameer's [PATCH] pathnames
    * Martin's [PATCH] Take 3: Line Number counting in config file
    * PR#849: AIX now uses USE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT.
    * PR#1267: i386 AIX does not have memmove.
    * PR#482, 1246: HPUX now defaults to using Spencer regex.
    * PR#977: Some versions of netbsd don't automatically define __NetBSD__
    * PR#1249: Unixware 2.x requires -lgen for syslog
    * All SVR4 systems now use NET_SIZE_T = size_t
    * PR#1321: Solaris 2.4 needs spencer regex
    * WANTSREGEX=YES now the default
    * Paul's Dean's patches and NT, and a PATCH or two
    * Dean's [PATCH] ensure config errors/warnings are logged
    * Dean's [PATCH] PR#467: serialized accept
    * MODULE_MAGIC_NUMBER bumped up

Available:

    * Ralf's [PATCH] mod_rewrite redirects w/ QS in per-dir context
	<19...@en1.engelschall.com>
	Status: Overridden by Ralf's mod_rewrite rewrite (in progress)??

    * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1205: mod_mime_magic cleanups
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1

    * Brian Havard's [PATCH] OS2 fixes
	<19...@silk.apana.org.au>
	Status: Jim 0 (it's MIMEed)
	
    * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1317: AIX 1.x can't have files named @
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1,

    * Dean's [PATCH] Re: New error_log format (fwd)
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Improve the "server is busy, spawning N children" message.
	Status: Dean +1, Martin +1, Jim +1

    * Ken's [PATCH] Slight cleanup of logging of bad directives
	<97...@decus.org>
	Status: Ken +1, Dean +1, Jim +1

    * Dean's [PATCH] Re: os-sunos/1294: Spurious mmap error messages? (fwd)
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Fix logic error when issuing a mmap() failed message.  This
	fixes the submitter's problem.
	Status: Dean +1

    * Rasmus' [PATCH] Re: Module install steps
	Pine.WNT.3.95.971026111353.-965065F-100000@krone.lerdorf.on.ca>
	Status: Rasmus +1, Dean +1

    * Sameer's [PATCH] Make -dev work on FreeBSD
	<19...@gabber.c2.net>
	Status: Sameer +1, Ralf (and others?) don't need it, Jim +1 
	Brian Havard reports it's needed for gcc under OS/2

    * Ben's [PATCH] add error checking to file reads
	<34...@algroup.co.uk>
	Status: Ben +1, Jim +1, Dean +1

    * Marius Groeger <ma...@sysgo.de> [PORT] LynxOS 2.5
	<Pi...@localhost>
	Status: It's the diff is against 1.2.4

    * Dean's protocol/1195: Bug in Authentication header (fwd)
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Status: Conceptual: Dean +1, Paul +1, Martin +1, Ken +1

    * Dean's [PRE-PATCH] expanding ap_snprintf()
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Status: Dean +1, Ben +1, Jim 0, Martin 0, Brian +1(?)
	See <Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	for a more up-to-date idea (int vformatter) that has a
	vote of +1 from Dean, Ben, Martin and Jim for concept

    * Ken's [PATCH] for mod_autoindex: no-sorting, last-modified
	<97...@decus.org>
	Status: Ken +1, Dean +1/-1 (see
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>

    * Manoj Kasichainula's <ma...@io.com> libap implementation
	<19...@io.com>
	Status: Mahoj wants us to "hold off" on this patch, but
	others could ``re-create'' it :)

    * Brian Havard's OS/2 proxy patch -- OS/2 can't open() a directory
	<19...@silk.apana.org.au>
	This is take 3 or so.
    
    * Martin's [PATCH] [FEATURE] Clickable Path Components in ftp dir header
	<19...@deejai.mch.sni.de>
	<19...@deejai.mch.sni.de>
	Status: Martin +1, Ken +1
    
    * Paul's Win32 service errors
	<Pi...@ecstasy.localnet>
	Status: Paul +1, Brian +1

In progress:

    * Martin Kraemer's [PATCH] Parsing URI into its components 
	This has "evolved" into a new module: util_uri. Martin
	will post when it's at a state where he's happy with it.

    * Ralf is rewriting mod_rewrite

Needs patch:

Closed issues:

    * Removal of inetd mode
	Ken says he'll try to maintain it, since there are
	people/places who need it

Open issues:

    * PR#951 (CGIs on Win32)
	Open? Closed? Fixed?

    * SunOS and stdio
	Stupid broken Sun headers...

    * NameVirtualHost
	Causes mucho confusion... Dean is ready to ``admit defeat''
	but should we let him? Lars suggests making NameVirtualHost
	a required directive

    * DDA's adding a tray application to the Windoze version for ease of
      status/management.
	<01...@caravan.individual.com>
	<01...@caravan.individual.com>
	Status: Ken +1, Sameer +1, Paul and Ben and others: No like Win95
	specific stuff

    * Apache Win32 v1.3b2 won't serve >16k
	Status: Has not be reproducable by project members

    * tarball issues:
       o Remove .Z files? Dean says yes, others don't really care
       o md5 or pgp or some combo of both?
       o Brian says yes... Jim says +1

    * The PR#918 patch above appears to have been bogus, should be fixed or
	reversed.  It has been reversed for now.

    * Martin's SEGV, and Alexei's GP Fault under windows (probably the same)

    * FLOCK mutex problems under FreeBSD and others

    * Marc's [BUG] include virtual and SCRIPT_NAME w/path_info
	<Pi...@alive.znep.com>

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Re: [STATUS] Thu Oct 30 08:18:17 EST 1997

Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.

On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Martin Kraemer wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 08:38:26AM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > Available:
> Add:
>       * Dean's protocol/1329: Apache will send wrong/invalid Content-length
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Superceded by Martin's [PATCH] update protocol/1329: Apache will...
> 	<19...@deejai.mch.sni.de>
> 	Status: Martin +1,

+1

Dean


Re: [STATUS] Thu Oct 30 08:18:17 EST 1997

Posted by Martin Kraemer <Ma...@mch.sni.de>.
On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 08:38:26AM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> Available:
Add:
      * Dean's protocol/1329: Apache will send wrong/invalid Content-length
	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
	Superceded by Martin's [PATCH] update protocol/1329: Apache will...
	<19...@deejai.mch.sni.de>
	Status: Martin +1,

>     * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1205: mod_mime_magic cleanups
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1

+1 from browsing, untested though (I don't use mod_mime_magic yet).

>     * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1317: AIX 1.x can't have files named @
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1,

+1. Incredible!

>     * Ken's [PATCH] Slight cleanup of logging of bad directives
> 	<97...@decus.org>
> 	Status: Ken +1, Dean +1, Jim +1

+1

>     * Sameer's [PATCH] Make -dev work on FreeBSD
> 	<19...@gabber.c2.net>
> 	Status: Sameer +1, Ralf (and others?) don't need it, Jim +1 
> 	Brian Havard reports it's needed for gcc under OS/2

+1, because the additional include does no harm anywhere, does it?.

>     * Ben's [PATCH] add error checking to file reads
> 	<34...@algroup.co.uk>
> 	Status: Ben +1, Jim +1, Dean +1

+1

>     * Ken's [PATCH] for mod_autoindex: no-sorting, last-modified
> 	<97...@decus.org>
> 	Status: Ken +1, Dean +1/-1 (see
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>

I agree with Dean, so +1/-0

>     * Paul's Win32 service errors
> 	<Pi...@ecstasy.localnet>
> 	Status: Paul +1, Brian +1

+1 on concept but untested.

> Open issues:
>     * DDA's adding a tray application to the Windoze version for ease of
>       status/management.
> 	<01...@caravan.individual.com>
> 	<01...@caravan.individual.com>
> 	Status: Ken +1, Sameer +1, Paul and Ben and others: No like Win95
> 	specific stuff
+1

>     * tarball issues:
>        o Remove .Z files? Dean says yes, others don't really care
+1.

    Martin
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Re: [STATUS] Thu Oct 30 08:18:17 EST 1997

Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.

On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Jim Jagielski wrote:

> Available:
> 
>     * Ralf's [PATCH] mod_rewrite redirects w/ QS in per-dir context
> 	<19...@en1.engelschall.com>
> 	Status: Overridden by Ralf's mod_rewrite rewrite (in progress)??

+1 on the bugfix anyhow.

>     * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1205: mod_mime_magic cleanups
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1

With Martin's vote I committed this.

>     * Brian Havard's [PATCH] OS2 fixes
> 	<19...@silk.apana.org.au>
> 	Status: Jim 0 (it's MIMEed)

You MIME wusses!  Get a real mail reader ;)  I plan to look at this on the
weekend. 

>     * Dean's [PATCH] PR#1317: AIX 1.x can't have files named @
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Status: Dean +1, Jim +1,

With Martin's vote I committed this.

>     * Dean's [PATCH] Re: New error_log format (fwd)
> 	<Pi...@twinlark.arctic.org>
> 	Improve the "server is busy, spawning N children" message.
> 	Status: Dean +1, Martin +1, Jim +1

Committed.

Dean