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Longevity of versions
how long will version 2.0 be available for use? Always? or until a certain
date generally speaking?
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Re: Longevity of versions
Posted by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>.
Paul Querna wrote:
>
> However, I expect if there was a critical security vulnerability, we
> would at least provide patches, and/or do a release -- lots of peoples
> jobs are still tied to 2.0.x :-)
Right - the question is more between bug fixes (possibly disruptive to the
user and certainly disruptive to the developers of 2.2 and 2.4/3.0) and
security releases (quite possible for a long while to come).
Re: Longevity of versions
Posted by rts <ri...@siemens.com>.
Thank you for answering the question that I should have asked.
Paul Querna wrote:
>
> William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>> rts wrote:
>>> how long will version 2.0 be available for use? Always? or until a
>>> certain
>>> date generally speaking?
>>
>> Forever. It's open source, if it's broke, you get to keep both pieces
>> (and fix them if you like). If you see http://archives.apache.org/
>> the foundation generally makes source code available forever.
>>
>> You probably wanted to ask; how long will 2.0 be maintained by the
>> httpd project? By the time 2.4 or 3.0 httpd are final, I would expect
>> only 2.2 and 2.4/3.0 to be maintained. That is probably another few
>> months or a half year.
>>
>
> However, I expect if there was a critical security vulnerability, we
> would at least provide patches, and/or do a release -- lots of peoples
> jobs are still tied to 2.0.x :-)
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
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Re: Longevity of versions
Posted by Paul Querna <ch...@force-elite.com>.
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> rts wrote:
>> how long will version 2.0 be available for use? Always? or until a certain
>> date generally speaking?
>
> Forever. It's open source, if it's broke, you get to keep both pieces
> (and fix them if you like). If you see http://archives.apache.org/
> the foundation generally makes source code available forever.
>
> You probably wanted to ask; how long will 2.0 be maintained by the
> httpd project? By the time 2.4 or 3.0 httpd are final, I would expect
> only 2.2 and 2.4/3.0 to be maintained. That is probably another few
> months or a half year.
>
However, I expect if there was a critical security vulnerability, we
would at least provide patches, and/or do a release -- lots of peoples
jobs are still tied to 2.0.x :-)
-Paul
Re: Longevity of versions
Posted by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>.
rts wrote:
> how long will version 2.0 be available for use? Always? or until a certain
> date generally speaking?
Forever. It's open source, if it's broke, you get to keep both pieces
(and fix them if you like). If you see http://archives.apache.org/
the foundation generally makes source code available forever.
You probably wanted to ask; how long will 2.0 be maintained by the
httpd project? By the time 2.4 or 3.0 httpd are final, I would expect
only 2.2 and 2.4/3.0 to be maintained. That is probably another few
months or a half year.