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To: Brian Behlendorf <brian@organic.com>, new-httpd@hyperreal.com
Subject: Re: list/newgroup announcement, www.apache.org changes 
In-reply-to: brian's message of Sun, 01 Dec 1996 12:16:47 -0800.
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 16:28:34 -0600
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
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> 
> I'll volunteer, then, to handle the announcement and the changes to the
> www.apache.org web site.  Randy, when you roll the tarball, put them in
> /export/pub/apache/dist.  I will:
> 
> 1) Move the existing docs hierarchy to docs-old just in case
> 2) cp -R htdocs/manual /export/pub/apache/docs

How about if I handle 1 and 2 for you since I can just do a copy
of the docs from the checked out sources? Thanks for handling the
rest!

> 3) Set up a couple of redirects for anyone trying /docs/1.1/, etc.
> 4) Update dist/CHANGES and dist/header.html.
> 5) Update the top-level index.html
> 6) Send announcements
> 
> As for the announcement, I plan on sending the following text, along with 
> the CHANGES file from the top-level.  Please let me know what you think - I
> plan on sending this around 10pm PST when network latencies are their lowest.
> Randy, please let me know when you've rolled the tarball.

I guess we are still on hold waiting for commitment of a couple of patches.
What else are we waiting on Rob?


> ###
> 
>   After a long wait, the first beta of Apache 1.2 is now available.  You may
> download it from http://www.apache.org/, or from one of its many mirrors as
> soon as they are updated.  Apache 1.2 represents roughly 8 months of constant
> development and fine-tuning, and incorporates literally dozens of significant
> enhancements and features contributed by Apache users around the globe.
> Though this is just a first beta, it is running and stable on a large
> number of web sites, both commercial and educational.  We feel it is now
> worth consideration by a larger audience.  The new features are outlined below;
> please download it and give us feedback.  Thanks!
> 
> ###
> 
> 	Brian
> 
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