RE: why not post mod_gzip 2.0? (was: Re: [PATCH] Add mod_gz to httpd-2.0)

[Ian Holsman <ia...@cnet.com>]

Please stop this thread.
the RC folks have decided not to submit mod_gzip 2.0.







On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 09:04, Gomez Henri wrote:
> >> Why won't you post mod_gzip 2.0 *today*?
> 
> >Because Apache 2.x is not STABLE, not In BETA and the API set is not yet
> >FROZEN... When it is, we will release mod_gzip as a third party module,
> >which we will support and maintain.
> 
> There is actually many alpha release, and many of then are more than beta
> quality. IBM team started from a apache 2.0.18-beta to have their Apache 2.0
> port for iSeries.
> 
> If you have a module INSIDE Apache you'll have more chance to
> have some decision in API changes.
> 
> >In the meantime use mod_gz.
> 
> Frankly if mod_gz is included in apache core, it will be the de-facto
> reference, and chance to have mod_gzip used will low
> 
> 
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