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On Monday 23 June 2003 06:11 am, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> Hi Donny, |
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> > The time has come (slightly overdue) to make Apache2 the |
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> > default version on Gentoo. Because it is still ~arch masked, |
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> > you only get it "by default" if you run the "unstable" |
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> > flavour around here. |
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> PHP is still not recommended for production use with Apache 2 |
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> (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php). |
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> That said, PHP 4.3.2-r2 runs fine for me under Apache 2 on Gentoo (so far). |
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> > I'm sure most of you know that distros like RedHat and |
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> > Mandrake (plus undoubtedly several others) give you this |
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> > version by default, and provide Apache1 packages for those |
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> > who still want it. |
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> Good for them ;-) |
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> RedHat and Mandrake have already "migrated" to rpm. Does that mean Gentoo |
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> will be too in the near future? |
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> Sarcasm aside, is "keeping up with the Jones's" really that important? |
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I believe he also said on IRC that the Apache Foundation has deprecated 1.3.x |
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in favor of 2.x. So it wasn't just about what Red Hat or Mandrake do. They |
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did it for a reason. |
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> > Help us to understand where we are and where we're going |
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> > with this. We're a little behind on this upgrade, so let's |
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> > get moving. |
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> I'm sure I'm not the only person who has no plans to migrate away from a |
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> working (and very stable!) Apache 1.3.x solution in the near future. I |
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> have production servers running on this stuff, and being able to still use |
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> Apache 1 on Gentoo is important to my business. Apache 1 & 2 installing |
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> into separate slots is great news (why doesn't 'USE="-apache2 apache" |
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> emerge -p apache' offer to install Apache 1 tho? It offers to rebuild |
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> Apache 2 only.). But already I'm coming across (unstable) ebuilds that |
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> have been written to only install with Apache 2 (even tho they're building |
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> software that works with Apache 1 as well). |
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> Is there going to be some sort of "policy decision" on whether new ebuilds |
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> should still support Apache 1 as well (where possible, of course), and for |
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> how long? And, yes, I'm willing to volunteer to help maintain support for |
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> Apache 1 in other ebuilds if that's what it takes. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Stu |
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