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Posted to modules-dev@httpd.apache.org by Jason Funk <ja...@gmail.com> on 2011/08/10 17:55:29 UTC

Module distribution

Hello,

What is the best way to package Apache modules for distribution? Do I need
to build binaries for each platform.... linux 32/64, *bsd 32/64, windows...
etc? I'm not going to be able to distribute the source.

Any tips on the smoothest way or best practices?

Jason

Re: Module distribution

Posted by Joe Lewis <jl...@silverhawk.net>.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Jason Funk <ja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What is the best way to package Apache modules for distribution? Do I need
> to build binaries for each platform.... linux 32/64, *bsd 32/64, windows...
> etc? I'm not going to be able to distribute the source.
>
> Any tips on the smoothest way or best practices?
>
> Jason
>

If you can't distribute the source, you have to distribute the binaries.
 You can do this in multiple ways (e.g. tarballs for *BSD or *nix platforms
[different tarballs], rpm's for Linux, and DLL's for Windows), but only if
you want to have to support those platforms.  Frankly, it's really up to
what you want to end up supporting, what effort you want to go through to
get it there.

Joe
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