Re: Apache 1.3.2 Released

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@hyperreal.org>]

Oops, Ken went and re-added it 'coz I updated the server on apache.org,
forgetting that most mirrors are probably not still running it.  I've now
fixed that.

	Brian

At 10:09 AM 9/23/98 -0700, Dean Gaudet wrote:
>Oh duh.  I've removed the NameWidth=* for now... folks will have to
>re-update their mirror. 
>
>Dean
>
>
>On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Goran Oberg wrote:
>
>> > Apache 1.3.2 Released
>> > =====================
>> > 
>> ...
>> > Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full
>> > list of changes.  The distribution is also available via any of
>> > the mirrors listed at
>> > 
>> >     http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I think the .htaccess file in the /dist/-directory might cause some
>> trouble around the world.
>> 
>> I got several reports today from users, eager to get their hands
>> on the newly released 1.3.2, that they couldn't access
>> <URL:http://apache.dc.luth.se/dist/>.
>> 
>> The problem was that there were directives in the .htacces-file that my
>> somewhat dated apache didn't grok. I have been in the process of
>> stepping up to 1.3.2 and new releases of mysql and php the last couple
>> of days. The problem went away, of course, when I completed the upgrade
>> earlier today.
>> 
>> However, I ran a quick scan of the different HTTP-mirrors listed at
>> <URL:http://www.apache.org/mirrors/> and found that out of 84 mirrors
>> only 29 (about a third) were able to give a listing of the
>> dist-directory.
>> 
>> Here's a list of the different apache-versions used at different places:
>> <URL:http://www.luth.se/~goggi/proj/apache/mirror/versions.txt>
>> 
>> I don't know if someone in the apache team would like to contact the
>> mirror-administrators and explain wats need to be done or if this
>> heads-up is sufficient (if this mail reaches all on mirrors@apache.org,
>> that is).
>> 
>> Alternatively, the .htaccess-files could be made less version-dependent
>> to enable the mirrors to work properly. I'm not sure on how this should
>> be done though. It will have to be a trade-off between functionality and
>> backward compability.
>> 
>> If someone wants to do their own filtering, here's the raw data from my
>> lwp-request loop over the mirror-sites: <URL:http://www.luth.se/~goggi/
>> proj/apache/mirror/rawdata.txt>
>> 
>> 
>> Wkr
>> 
>> /G
>> 
>> -- 
>>  Göran Öberg <go...@dc.luth.se>        <URL:http://www.luth.se/~goggi/>
>>  Computer Support Center                       Adm./CoAdm. of
>>  Luleå University, SWEDEN         {www,proxy,{www,apache}.dc,ftp}.luth.se
>> _________________________________________________________________________
>> 
>> 
>

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