[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Portable Runtime 1.7.3 Released

[rpluem <rp...@apache.org>]

   Apache Portable Runtime APR 1.7.3 Released

   The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Portable Runtime
   Project are proud to announce the General Availability of version
   1.7.3 of the Apache Portable Runtime library (APR). 

   For detailed changes in this maintenance release, see;

     https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-1.7
     https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.6
     https://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-ICONV-1.2

   APR, APR-util and APR-iconv are available for download from:

     https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi

   In APR 1.7.0 and later, there are a number of 
   specific changes in how APR is deployed which may be disruptive 
   to existing build strategies:

    - The typical cross-process locking stragegy now defaults to
      a pthreads lock which will not leak on abnormal process termination,
      as opposed to the earlier sysv semaphore locking strategy.
      This should result in fewer orphaned locks in misbehaving
      applications.

    - Netware users should be aware that APR mis-defined the entity
      representing an "os mutex", and it was missing a level of
      indirection. The new definition should allow the use of the
      apr_os_proc_mutex_get/_put API's on the Netware platform but
      requires a rebuild against the APR 1.7.0 or later library.

   The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime Project is to create
   and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and
   consistent interface to underlying platform-specific
   implementations. The primary goal is to provide an API to
   which software developers may code and be assured of predictable
   if not identical behavior regardless of the platform on which
   their software is built. We list all known projects using APR
   at https://apr.apache.org/projects.html - so please let us know
   if you find our libraries useful in your own projects!

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache Portable Runtime 1.7.3 Released

[Ruediger Pluem <rp...@apache.org>]

On 3/31/23 11:13 AM, rpluem wrote:
>    Apache Portable Runtime APR 1.7.3 Released
> 

Should I remove the old APR 1.6.5 files from the releases directory as well?

Regards

Rüdiger