cvs commit: apache-1.3 Announcement

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  Log:
  While I'm cleaning up documents, I've also done this first cut for an 1.3b6
  announcement (sometimes we have to actually start thinking about it ;-)
  
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  RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/Announcement,v
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  --- Announcement	1998/02/22 21:10:05	1.10
  +++ Announcement	1998/04/01 13:42:09	1.11
  @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  -Apache 1.3beta5 Released
  +Apache 1.3beta6 Released
   ------------------------
   
  -The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b5 version
  +The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b6 version
   of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache web server.
   
   Apache 1.3 offers numerous enhancements, improvements and performance
  @@ -9,23 +9,33 @@
   is the ability to run Apache under Windows 95 and NT (known as the
   ``Win32'' port). 
   
  -Apache 1.3b5 under both Win32 and UNIX has undergone extensive testing,
  -and is much improved over the previous 1.3b2 release. In particular, the
  -1.3b2 release for Win32 was considered a ``developer's version.''  We feel
  -confident that the Win32 port is ready for a wider audience, and with that
  -in mind, we are providing pre-compiled executables for the Win32 platform,
  -as well as a true Win32 environment Installer (InstallShield). This is,
  -however, still a beta release and there are known issues that will be
  -fixed before the final 1.3 release.
  +Apache 1.3b6 under both Win32 and UNIX has undergone extensive testing, and is
  +much improved over the previous 1.3b5 release.  We feel confident that the
  +Win32 port is ready for a wider audience, and with that in mind, we are
  +providing pre-compiled executables for the Win32 platform, as well as a true
  +Win32 environment Installer (InstallShield). This is, however, still a beta
  +release and there are known issues that will be fixed before the final 1.3
  +release. The UNIX side is already stable now.
   
  -As a premiere, this version of Apache comes with a beta version of a port
  -to a mainframe machine which uses the EBCDIC character set as its native
  -codeset (It is the SIEMENS NIXDORF family of mainframes running the
  -BS2000/OSD operating system on a IBM/390 compatible processor.
  -This mainframe OS nowadays features a SVR4-like POSIX subsystem)
  -Provisions to convert between EBCDIC documents and the ASCII encoded
  -HTTP protocol have been integrated into Apache, and most of
  -the provided Apache modules have been ported to this platform.
  +As a premiere, this version of Apache comes with the new Apache Autoconf-style
  +Interface (APACI) for out-of-the-box building and installing the complete
  +Apache package. Actually APACI provides the commonly known and expected
  +"configure" interface to the old Apache source configuration scripts. It is
  +able to batch-control any existing Apache configuration options (usually
  +specified manually in src/Configuration) and provides some additional features
  +like on-the-fly adding third-party modules to the build process or configuring
  +and installing the suEXEC mechanism.
  +
  +Additionally this Apache version the first time provides greatly improved
  +support for loading Apache modules through dynamic shared object (DSO) files
  +under runtime through the improved mod_so. Apache currently supports this
  +feature under Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, SunOS, IRIX, OSF1 and UnixWare.
  +Actually all distributed Apache modules now can be build and installed as
  +shared objects by individually enabling DSO for them via APACI's
  +--enable-shared option. For building third-party modules outside the Apache
  +source tree a new support tool named `apxs' is provided which hides the
  +platform-dependend DSO-build mechanism and automates the installation and
  +activation of those DSO files.
   
   Please be sure to read the CHANGES file and the "New Features with Apache
   1.3" document (at http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html).