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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:18:01 +0100
From: jean-frederic clere <jfrederic.clere@fujitsu-siemens.com>
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To: Sander Striker <striker@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Using APR in mod_webapp
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Sander Striker wrote:
> 
> > From: jfclere@vtxrm2.bcn.fsc.net [mailto:jfclere@vtxrm2.bcn.fsc.net]On
> > Behalf Of jean-frederic clere
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question:
> >
> > mod_webapp from Tomcat uses APR:
> >
> > Where should APR be downloaded from? - It must be a tarball because that is for
> > the ones that want to build mod_webapp on their own -
> > Until now I was adding apr to a subdirectory of mod_webapp and releasing the
> > corresponding tarball. (Normaly I am using an APR tagged for httpd-2.0).
> 
> Why are you moving away from that now?

Because mod_webapp has been released in jakarta-tomcat-connectors-4.0.2-src.
jakarta-tomcat-connectors hosts both mod_jk and mod_webapp but mod_jk does not
require APR.
That is why I am looking for a new location for APR.

>  Because of the bug fixes in APR
> since the latest tag?  If so, why don't you get HEAD and use that?
> 
> > Using the snapshot of APR http://cvs.apache.org/snapshots/apr/ does not sound
> > good for at least 2 reasons:
> > - The sources of Tomcat are always what is used to build the binaries.
> > - I am not sure that everyone is ready to mix a snapshot with a released
> > product.
> 
> That second point will have to hold until we have an APR release.
> 
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jean-frederic
> 
> Sander