STATUS revision 31a130dc6ed3face8b004f32ce84f8a1342d920e
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsyncApache 2.0 STATUS:
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsyncLast modified at [$Date: 2000/08/25 10:15:09 $]
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a6 : ???
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a5 : released August 4, 2000
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a4 : released June 7, 2000
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a3 : released April 28, 2000
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a2 : released March 31, 2000
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync 2.0a1 : released March 10, 2000
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsyncRELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * All of the bucket types must be implemented. The list can be found
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync in src/include/ap_buckets.h. May need to implement a bucket type
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync to mark the end of a subrequest content stream, and one to tell
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync filters to flush any pending content. See http_protocol.c:
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync ap_finalize_sub_req_protocol() and ap_rflush()
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync rbb says: Creating a bucket to signal end of sub-request ties
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync the filters to Apache. This can be handled very cleanly
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync by just inserting a sub-request filter. That filter would
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync be responsible for stripping off the EOS bucket for the
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync sub-request, and removing all vestiges of the request.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Remove Buff and IOL from the code. To do this, a chunking and
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync translation filter must be written. This allows us to remove BUFF.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync IOLs can be removed as soon as somebody gets to it.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * apachectl not being built or installed
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Win32: Get mod_auth_digest working under win32
0ae258e7d0d2520036514d896a9eea58bf285f03vboxsync - APR_HAS_RANDOM should be defined on windows and there is a
0ae258e7d0d2520036514d896a9eea58bf285f03vboxsync lib/apr/misc/win32/rand.c which is basically a copy of what
0ae258e7d0d2520036514d896a9eea58bf285f03vboxsync mod_auth_digest used to use.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * suEXEC doesn't work
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync Status: Manoj has posted an patch to fix this.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Message-ID: <20000825024943.A17578@manojk.users.mindspring.com>
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync * Win32: Enable the Windows MPM to honor max_requests_per_child
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Status: Bill will fix this.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Win32: Get Apache working on Windows 95/98. The following work
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync (at least) needs to be done:
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - winnt MPM: Fix 95/98 code paths in the winnt MPM. There is some NT
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync specific code that is still not in NT only code paths
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - IOL binds to APR sendfile, implemented with TransmitFile, which
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync is not available on 95/98.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Win32: Test access logging with multiple threads. Will the
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync native file I/O calls serialize automagically like the
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync CRT calls or do we need to add region locking each time
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync we access the logs?
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Win32: Complete the revamp the service environment and relocation
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync into the WinNT MPM. Changes ServerRoot service registry
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync parameter into ConfigArgs for multiple service startup parameters.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Problems to fix in the revamp: -k shutdown/restart are broken,
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync signals are not being acknowledged. Close window and shutdown
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync also seem out of sorts.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync OtherBill is working on this
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Win32: fix build/run time environment to remove ApacheCore.dll
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * We need a thread-safe resolver, at least on Unix.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Status: The best known candidate would be something from
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Status: Greg asks, "why? doesn't gethostbyname_r() handle this?"
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync * Modify mod_cgi and mod_cgid to deal with directories. This allows
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync a lot of directives to be removed from the core.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsyncRELEASE NON-SHOWSTOPPERS BUT WOULD BE REAL NICE TO WRAP THESE UP:
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Combine log_child and piped_log_spawn. Clean up http_log.c.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Common logging API.
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync * Create unified scoreboard API and implementation shared across
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync * Document mod_file_cache.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * OS/2: Get loadable modules working again. Requires shared core support
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync which doesn't appear to be catered for in the current build system.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * OS/2: Make mod_status work for spmt_os2 MPM.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Build scripts do not recognise AIX 4.2.1 pthreads, so the
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync pthread MPMs will not build.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Enable the winnt MPM to use the new scoreboard API
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Implement ap_shm_ functions in APR.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Win9x console window still won't play nice with the
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync close window, logoff and shutdown scenarios.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Add a simple hold console open patch (wait for close or
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync the ESC key, with a nice message) if the server died a bad
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync death (non-zero exit code) in console mode.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Platforms that do not support fork (primarily Win32 and AS/400)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Consider introducing HAVE_FORK feature macro. Architect start-up code
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync that avoids initializing all the modules in the parent process on
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync platforms that do not support fork.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Migrate the MPM over to use APR thread/process calls. This
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync would eliminate some code in the Win32 branch that essentially
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync duplicates what is in APR.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Bill says we need a new procattr, APR_CREATE_SUSPENDED (or
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync something similar) to direct ap_create_process to create the
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync process suspended. We also need a call to wake up the suspended
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync process This may not be able to be implemented everywhere though.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * There are still a number of places in the code where we are
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync loosing error status (i.e. throwing away the error returned by a
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync system call and replacing it with a generic error code)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Win32: Implement reliable piped logs on Windows
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * The connection status table is not very efficient. Also, very few stats
9508848aea94fe052556767bbf87e1c212380a66vboxsync are exported to the connection status table (easy to fix), and mod_status
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Mass vhosting version of suEXEC.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * Replace tables with a proper opaque ADT that has pluggable
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync implementations (including something like the existing data type,
24ecfcc82c2eecb44373198021e69229e1c66490vboxsync plus hash tables for speed, with options for more later).
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Status: fanf is working on this.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * configuration option to use *DBM
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Status: Greg +1 (volunteers)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * add SDBM into src/lib/sdbm/ as a default/fallback DBM implementation.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync SDBM is used by Perl, mod_dav, mod_sssl, others for basic DBM support.
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Status: Greg +1 (volunteers)
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * Integrate mod_dav.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Message-id: <20000625173247.M29590@lyra.org>
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Status: works. passes initial regression testing. Joe Orton
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync reports success with his "cadaver" tool.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Some additional items remaining:
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - case_preserved_filename stuff
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - fix and re-enable sdbm_lock.c
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - find a new home for ap_text(_header)
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync - is it possible to remove the DAV: namespace stuff from util_xml?
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * ap_core_translate() and its use by mod_mmap_static are a bit wonky.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync The function should probably be exposed as a utility function (such
374979da4e9440f386798bce28aa9165f3fb5e3avboxsync as ap_translate_url2fs() or ap_validate_fs_url() or something).
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Another approach would be a new hook phase after "translate" which
24ecfcc82c2eecb44373198021e69229e1c66490vboxsync would allow mod_mmap_static to munge what the translation has
24ecfcc82c2eecb44373198021e69229e1c66490vboxsync decided to do.
24ecfcc82c2eecb44373198021e69229e1c66490vboxsync Status: Greg +1 (volunteers), Ryan +1
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync * Go through ap_config.h and namespace-protect the symbols (e.g. USE_*).
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync Some symbols can/should move to mpm_common.h where possible.
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync * Explore use of a post-config hook for the code in http_main.c which
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync calls ap_fixup_virutal_hosts(), ap_fini_vhost_config(), and
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync ap_sort_hooks() [to reduce the logic in main()]
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * read the config tree just once, and process N times (as necessary)
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * add a version number to ap_initialize() as an extra failsafe against
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync (APR) library version skew.
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync MsgID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005231712380.31927-100000@nebula.lyra.org>
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Status: Greg +1 (volunteers), Jeff +1, Ryan +1, Tony -0(?)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * mod_info to use the configuration tree
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsyncPRs that have been suspended forever waiting for someone to
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsyncput them into 'the next release':
224edf755dff839a1896d3930ea7627f69eb0d9fvboxsync * PR#73: mod_log-any
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync reporting of referer in error_log
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * PR#76: general
7e77c8f54449be6f28ccbf32f7e651554d9f4060vboxsync missing call to "setlocale();"
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync * PR#78: mod_include
04e845ee9ef813501cd2570a4188cb852d170408vboxsync Additional status for XBitHack directive
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#161: mod_dir
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Questionable performace of mod_dir() with negotiation
9508848aea94fe052556767bbf87e1c212380a66vboxsync * PR#362: mod_proxy
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Mod_proxy doesn't allow change of error pages
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#370: mod_env
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Modified PATH environemnt variable is not passed, instead
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync system's is used
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#440: mod_proxy
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync Proxy doesn't deliver documents if not connected
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#534: mod_proxy
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync proxy converts ~name to %7Ename when name starts with a dot (.)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#537: mod_access
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync mod_access syntax allows hosts that should be restricted
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#557: mod_auth-any
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync ~UserHome directories are not honored in absolute pathname
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync requests (.htaccess)
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync * PR#573: mod_log-any
0de1998ac52682bb5322df476e45f237265ea9b7vboxsync More LogFormat directives
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync * PR#612: mod_proxy
085bc29163eb87e345acaae02789e4c233d51f3bvboxsync Proxy FTP Authentication Fails
Using NIS passwd.byname dbm files with AuthDBMUserFile
setlogin() is not called, causing problems with e.g. identd
add allow,deny/deny,allow warning to mod_access
A small addition to rotatelogs.c to improve program functionality.
Feedback/Comment on APACI
Inclusion of RPM spec file in CVS/distributions
No way to change ReadmeName/HeaderName suffixes.
apache provides no way to do a wildcard/global NameVirtualHost
Apache header files should have a private name, e.g.
#include "apache/httpd.h"
MIME types for MNG and JNG files need adding to mime.types and
the mime.types and magic files
obsolete directives in core.html to the MPM documentation.
* Revise manual/stopping.html and the last part of
manual/misc/perf-tuning.html to take account of the MPMs.
* Is conf/highperformance.conf-dist obsolete? It looks obsolete.