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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by ji...@apache.org on 2017/07/11 12:28:49 UTC

svn commit: r20408 - in /release/httpd: Announcement2.4.html Announcement2.4.txt

Author: jim
Date: Tue Jul 11 12:28:49 2017
New Revision: 20408

Log:
Prep announcements

Modified:
    release/httpd/Announcement2.4.html
    release/httpd/Announcement2.4.txt

Modified: release/httpd/Announcement2.4.html
==============================================================================
--- release/httpd/Announcement2.4.html (original)
+++ release/httpd/Announcement2.4.html Tue Jul 11 12:28:49 2017
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@
 <div class="banner"></div>
 
 <h1>
-                       Apache HTTP Server 2.4.26 Released
+                       Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released
 </h1>
 <p>
-   June 19, 2017
+   XXXX XX, 2017
 </p>
 <p>
    The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
    pleased to <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.4.html">announce</a>
-   the release of version 2.4.26 of the Apache
+   the release of version 2.4.27 of the Apache
    HTTP Server ("Apache").  This version of Apache is our latest GA
    release of the new generation 2.4.x branch of Apache HTTPD and
    represents fifteen years of innovation by the project, and is
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@
    encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
 </p>
 <p>
-   Apache HTTP Server 2.4.26 is available for download from:
+   Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 is available for download from:
 </p>
 <dl>
   <dd><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi"
               >http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a></dd>
 </dl>
 <p>
-   Please see the CHANGES_2.4 file, linked from the download page, for a
-   full list of changes.  A condensed list, CHANGES_2.4.26 includes only
+   Please see the <a href="./CHANGES_2.4">CHANGES_2.4</a> file, linked from the download page, for a
+   full list of changes.  A condensed list, <a href="./CHANGES_2.4.27">CHANGES_2.4.27</a> includes only
    those changes introduced since the prior 2.4 release.  A summary of all 
    of the security vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases 
    is available:
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@
   </dd>
 </dl>
 <p>
+   Of particular note in this release are 3 COMPATIBILITY items:
+</p>
+<ul>
+     <li>HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM</li>
+     <li>FastCGI compatibility with PHP-FPM is fixed</li>
+     <li>mod_lua no longer exports the undocumented and unsupported
+       <code>apr_table</code> variable.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
    This release requires the Apache Portable Runtime (APR), minimum version
    1.5.x, and APR-Util, minimum version 1.5.x. Some features may require the 1.6.x
    version of both APR and APR-Util. The APR libraries must be upgraded for

Modified: release/httpd/Announcement2.4.txt
==============================================================================
--- release/httpd/Announcement2.4.txt (original)
+++ release/httpd/Announcement2.4.txt Tue Jul 11 12:28:49 2017
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-                Apache HTTP Server 2.4.26 Released
+                Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 Released
 
-   June 19, 2017
+   XXXX XX, 2017
 
    The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project
-   are pleased to announce the release of version 2.4.26 of the Apache
+   are pleased to announce the release of version 2.4.27 of the Apache
    HTTP Server ("Apache").  This version of Apache is our latest GA
    release of the new generation 2.4.x branch of Apache HTTPD and
    represents fifteen years of innovation by the project, and is
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available, and
    encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
 
-   Apache HTTP Server 2.4.26 is available for download from:
+   Apache HTTP Server 2.4.27 is available for download from:
 
      http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
 
@@ -24,13 +24,20 @@
      http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/new_features_2_4.html
 
    Please see the CHANGES_2.4 file, linked from the download page, for a
-   full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.4.26 includes only
+   full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.4.27 includes only
    those changes introduced since the prior 2.4 release.  A summary of all 
    of the security vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases 
    is available:
 
      http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
 
+   Of particular note in this release are 3 COMPATIBILITY items:
+
+     o HTTP/2 will not be negotiated when using the Prefork MPM
+     o FastCGI compatibility with PHP-FPM is fixed
+     o mod_lua no longer exports the undocumented and unsupported
+       'apr_table' variable.
+
    This release requires the Apache Portable Runtime (APR), minimum
    version 1.5.x, and APR-Util, minimum version 1.5.x. Some features may
    require the 1.6.x version of both APR and APR-Util. The APR libraries