From dev-return-23721-apmail-apr-dev-archive=apr.apache.org@apr.apache.org Thu Feb 10 18:56:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 22762 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2011 18:56:13 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Feb 2011 18:56:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 56093 invoked by uid 500); 10 Feb 2011 18:56:13 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 55684 invoked by uid 500); 10 Feb 2011 18:56:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@apr.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 55672 invoked by uid 99); 10 Feb 2011 18:56:10 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:56:10 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: 76.96.27.243 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of jim@jagunet.com) Received: from [76.96.27.243] (HELO qmta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.27.243) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:56:02 +0000 Received: from omta16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.72]) by qmta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 6Jrf1g0061ZMdJ4ADJvh4C; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:55:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.199.10] ([69.251.84.64]) by omta16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 6Jve1g00t1PGofZ8cJvg3U; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:55:41 +0000 Subject: Re: Time for apr-util-1.4.0? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jim Jagielski In-Reply-To: <4D542ABD.5050506@rowe-clan.net> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:55:38 -0500 Cc: dev@apr.apache.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <4D542ABD.5050506@rowe-clan.net> To: William A. Rowe Jr. X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) I use APU-1.4 exclusively and so far have not had any issues with it doing what I expect or want, at least for its interaction with httpd trunk... that's admittedly not a review, just a data point. Let me see what else I can do to get this going... On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:13 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/10/2011 8:27 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> What's holding us up for a release of apu-1.4.0? > > There have been calls for API review, nobody answered them. I'd vote -1 > at this point in time to ship unreviewed API additions and have already > pointed out function argument signature flaws that must be fixed. (Turns > out apr_dbd was used as the 'model', but apr_dbd itself was flawed in > that respect from its introduction, and should be corrected at 2.0). > Also the apr_crypto_device_ctx should never be passed, it should become > part of the apr_crypto_ctx structure itself. Stack bytes are much worse > than heap bytes. And I haven't seen clear feedback of original critics > that their concerns were answered in the most recent refactorings. > > Turning the question around, what are you waiting for from apu-1.4.0 and > are you willing to add your review? >