From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29218 invoked by uid 1002); 23 Jun 2003 11:13:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 16179 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2003 11:13:10 -0000 Reply-To: From: "Stuart Herbert" To: "'Donny Davies'" , Cc: Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:11:37 +0100 Keywords: Of Interest, Unread Email Organization: Generic NQS Project Message-ID: <000001c33978$48bd2540$c500a8c0@Churchill> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20030622214532.GA25405@breccia.escarpment> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] HEADS UP: Twitching to un-arch-mask Apache2 X-Archives-Salt: 02280f52-6ee5-4d83-9b47-2bb17fa22335 X-Archives-Hash: 45aef151d45e798110640514275bcd95 Hi Donny, > The time has come (slightly overdue) to make Apache2 the=20 > default version on Gentoo. Because it is still ~arch masked,=20 > you only get it "by default" if you run the "unstable"=20 > flavour around here. PHP is still not recommended for production use with Apache 2 (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php). That said, PHP 4.3.2-r2 runs fine for me under Apache 2 on Gentoo (so = far). > I'm sure most of you know that distros like RedHat and=20 > Mandrake (plus undoubtedly several others) give you this=20 > version by default, and provide Apache1 packages for those=20 > who still want it. Good for them ;-) =20 RedHat and Mandrake have already "migrated" to rpm. Does that mean = Gentoo will be too in the near future? Sarcasm aside, is "keeping up with the Jones's" really that important? > Help us to understand where we are and where we're going=20 > with this. We're a little behind on this upgrade, so let's=20 > get moving. I'm sure I'm not the only person who has no plans to migrate away from a working (and very stable!) Apache 1.3.x solution in the near future. I = have production servers running on this stuff, and being able to still use = Apache 1 on Gentoo is important to my business. Apache 1 & 2 installing into separate slots is great news (why doesn't 'USE=3D"-apache2 apache" = emerge -p apache' offer to install Apache 1 tho? It offers to rebuild Apache 2 only.). But already I'm coming across (unstable) ebuilds that have been written to only install with Apache 2 (even tho they're building = software that works with Apache 1 as well). Is there going to be some sort of "policy decision" on whether new = ebuilds should still support Apache 1 as well (where possible, of course), and = for how long? And, yes, I'm willing to volunteer to help maintain support = for Apache 1 in other ebuilds if that's what it takes. Best regards, Stu -- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list