Announcement revision f3220f54126b25e1cf93cc26c17177b7aef850fd
3a9c3ec5357b36fc34766cb8166168311af3562frbbApache 1.3.6 Released
3a9c3ec5357b36fc34766cb8166168311af3562frbb=====================
103005439776bb7aeccb95ebf4761ebfef3f9c39ianhThe Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of version
103005439776bb7aeccb95ebf4761ebfef3f9c39ianh1.3.6 of the Apache HTTP server.
92d311b27a6182c2eed67317990c8c168584ee75trawickThis new Apache version incorporates over 60 significant improvements
92d311b27a6182c2eed67317990c8c168584ee75trawickto the server. Apart from portability and security fixes, documentation
92d311b27a6182c2eed67317990c8c168584ee75trawickenhancements, performance improvements, and assorted other minor
92d311b27a6182c2eed67317990c8c168584ee75trawickfeatures or fixes notable changes are:
744ecbcc06a9128fc4730d1334cc180bf7fc521caaron - mod_log_config now supports conditional logging based upon
744ecbcc06a9128fc4730d1334cc180bf7fc521caaron environment variables and support for multiline entries.
59511de77b389ced52253d055fc470ecfedfcd99aaron - New CustomLog directive %V: This logs the hostname according to the
59511de77b389ced52253d055fc470ecfedfcd99aaron UseCanonicalName setting (this is the pre-1.3.4 behaviour of %v).
59511de77b389ced52253d055fc470ecfedfcd99aaron - Enhanced mod_rewrite's mapfile handling: The in-core cache for text
b5cdec7910a44654cb254b99c5a39d7c180c4bcajerenkrantz and DBM format mapfiles now uses a hash table with LRU functionality.
b5cdec7910a44654cb254b99c5a39d7c180c4bcajerenkrantz Furthermore map lookups for non-existent keys are now cached as well.
b5cdec7910a44654cb254b99c5a39d7c180c4bcajerenkrantz The changes drastically improve the performance when large rewrite
b5cdec7910a44654cb254b99c5a39d7c180c4bcajerenkrantz maps are in use.
393bfaab1beb2410959a4a5e91f58446f01bac09rbb - Ability to handle DES or MD5 authentication passwords.
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron - New <LimitExcept> directive to allow the user to assign authentication
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron control to any HTTP method that is *not* given in the argument list;
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron i.e., the logical negation of the <Limit> directive.
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron - Improved content negotiation.
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron - New ScriptInterpreterSource directive to enable searching the
6c2dc61d4760fa5e356f95c4b1685eec7f1d75dcaaron Win32 registry for script interpreters.
01e8aca9299a0b872414c24c8b7724d6f88ae665ianh - The FAQ document was reorganised.
f783dff0c8b69344a6b67e97f16b91f8b0790799dougm - Overhauled ApacheBench benchmark program.
f783dff0c8b69344a6b67e97f16b91f8b0790799dougm - Several new API functions have been added.
f783dff0c8b69344a6b67e97f16b91f8b0790799dougmA complete listing with detailed descriptions is provided in the
f783dff0c8b69344a6b67e97f16b91f8b0790799dougmWe consider Apache 1.3.6 to be the best version of Apache available and
6362515725d2b6d66ac3b26531f8c53ac75f8c20wrowewe strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of the
6362515725d2b6d66ac3b26531f8c53ac75f8c20wrowe1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further releases
98ae9b96926a3dd99b195d7628c7e527e720f6acaaronwill be made in the 1.2.x family.
98ae9b96926a3dd99b195d7628c7e527e720f6acaaronApache 1.3.6 is available for download from
98ae9b96926a3dd99b195d7628c7e527e720f6acaaronPlease see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full
98ae9b96926a3dd99b195d7628c7e527e720f6acaaronlist of changes.
9379749d811388a7d0e3410940ddd6743a33d330jimBinary distributions are available from
f37499bf7da81cd6b697d4667233137957426428jerenkrantzAs of Apache 1.3.6 binary distributions contain all standard Apache
f37499bf7da81cd6b697d4667233137957426428jerenkrantzmodules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include
421dc1d123c9adda60e024f93fb614bfada8b9e5wrowefull source code. Installation is easily done by executing the
b8c2b4dfc363e33a8a1c2464802c3fb05cab86bbwroweincluded install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist
421dc1d123c9adda60e024f93fb614bfada8b9e5wrowefiles for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary
421dc1d123c9adda60e024f93fb614bfada8b9e5wrowedistributions are only provided for your convenience and current
83d91d60d00dc345bfbcbc48ff206db4a6b23b2eaarondistributions for specific platforms are not always available.
83d91d60d00dc345bfbcbc48ff206db4a6b23b2eaaronThe source and binary distributions are also available via any of the
83d91d60d00dc345bfbcbc48ff206db4a6b23b2eaaronmirrors listed at
c10fe96ac7d024918e26af6c8ba5470273b75bb2jwoolleyFor an overview of new features in 1.3 please see
cbfbf9598d686b11afc7a9f9d91a8facfdfa7216trawickIn general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements
7a8a0744e378f2343c3ee6787fac0f8f959d2141brianpover version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a
7a8a0744e378f2343c3ee6787fac0f8f959d2141brianpwider range of supported platforms, including Windows 95/98 and NT
7a8a0744e378f2343c3ee6787fac0f8f959d2141brianp(which fall under the "Win32" label).
7a8a0744e378f2343c3ee6787fac0f8f959d2141brianpApache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wrowehalf of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wroweits variants.
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wroweIMPORTANT NOTE FOR WIN32 USERS: Over the years, many users have
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wrowecome to trust Apache as a secure and stable server. It must
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wrowebe realized that the current Win32 code has not yet reached these
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wrowelevels and should still be considered to be of beta quality. Any
f5ce2873c97c12a34d6b03d2771b9250b7bbfe55wroweWin32 stability or security problems do not impact, in any way,
73cba74a34576f7ece4bd98fd58c8a932a178e6daaronApache on other platforms. With the continued donation of time
73cba74a34576f7ece4bd98fd58c8a932a178e6daaronand resources by individuals and companies, we hope that the Win32
73cba74a34576f7ece4bd98fd58c8a932a178e6daaronversion of Apache will grow stronger through the 1.3.x release cycle.