Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3 INSTALL

[Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>]

On 14 Apr 1998 rse@hyperreal.org wrote:

>   +     the DSO mechanism: 
>   +
>   +     $ CC="pgcc" OPTIM="-O6 -fstrength-reduce" \
>   +       INCLUDES="-I/usr/local/db-1.85/include" \
>   +        LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/db-1.85/lib" LIBS="-ldb" \
>   +       ./configure --verbose \
>   +                   --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
>   +                   --enable-module=auth_db \
>   +                   --enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite \
>   +                   --enable-module=proxy   --enable-shared=proxy

I still have trouble seeing how remembering this is easier than
Configuration, but...

>   +
>   +     o If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes, 
>   +       security fixes, general news and information about the Apache server
>   +       subscribe to the apache-announce mailing list as described under
>   +       <http://www.apache.org/announcelist.html>.

Why do your URLs here have <>s around them but not in other places?

>   +
>   +     o If you want freely available support for running Apache please join
>   +       the Apache user community by subscribing to the USENET newsgroup
>   +       <comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix>.

Please note that .unix is _not_ the answer to everything, ie. windows.

>   +
>   +     o If you want commercial support for running Apache please contact
>   +       one of the companies and contractors which are listed at
>   +       <http://www.apache.org/info/support.cgi>.

I don't know if these are really up to date enough...

>   +
>   +     o If you have any feedback, ideas or suggestions for the Apache server
>   +       please contact the Apache Group via E-mail at 
>   +       <ap...@apache.org>.

I generally like to avoid just giving apache@apache.org as a general 
contact address for anything, because people will try to use it for
everything and be upset when it doesn't work very well.  


>   +
>   +     o If you have a concrete bug report for Apache please go to the
>   +       Apache Group Bug Database and submit your report:
>   +       <http://bugs.apache.org/>.

Please, don't link directly to anything on bugs.apache.org.  It
seems people will anyway so we will have to change it, but going
directly there skips the whole section telling people not to be
idiots.

>   +
>   +     o If you want to participate in actively developing Apache please
>   +       subscribe to the new-httpd mailing list as described at
>   +       <http://dev.apache.org/mailing-lists>.

I don't think you should refer directly to this.  It skips all the 
comments about the development process, etc. and makes it more likely
for people to use this as a support list.

>   +     Thanks for running Apache.
>   +                                          The Apache Group
>   +                                          www.apache.org

www.apache.org?  What is that supposed to be?  It isn't a URL.

I'm concerned about giving snippets of information that are just
enough to cause trouble and make more places to have to maintain
things without giving the full information to avoid idiots...
We really need a canonical location for lists of this sort of stuff
that points to the right places, does not take shortcuts and lead people
places they shouldn't go without appropriate warnings, etc.