>From the fingers of Marc Slemko flowed the following:
>
>On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
>
>> 1. Binaries should be built with the vanilla Configuration (i.e.,
>> no additional modules). Possible exceptions: mod_status and
>> mod_info?
>
>No. I think they should be somewhere in the middle. Thinks like
>mod_auth_db* (whichever is appropriate) should be there, things like proxy
>probably shouldn't.
Fine with me; I'm just looking for some set of modules that *all* of
the binary kits will have. So if you put up a pre-built binary on
your SunOS box and another on your FreeBSD next to it, both have the
same functionality.
>>
>> 2. httpd image should include platform name (maybe
>> "httpd.`helpers/GuessOS`"?)
>
>Platform name is the way that the instructions have always said to do
>it...
Okey, "never mind." I just mentioned the "httpd.mumble" to make it
clear what that file actually was: the httpd image itself.
>> 3. Tar files should be available compressed with compress(1) *and*
>> gzip(1) (nothing new here).
>>
>> 4. Compressed tarchives should have accompanying .md5 *and* .asc
>> (PGP) signature files available. (Yes, Ben, I know it's not as
>> good as signing the uncompressed tarchive, but it means people
>> can verify what they copy from the site w/o having to uncompress
>> it first.)
>
>Erm... I don't think this is practical for the binary releases.
Why not? Which part is impractical? It's something resembling what
we did for 1.2.0..
>> 5. src/Configuration should use the platform's native cc(1) if it's
>> considered good, and *not* gcc - unless the native cc is suspect
>> or downright broken (HP-UX, can you hear me calling? ;-).
>
>I don't see the point in this.
Lots of people on this list like, prefer, and use gcc (observation).
But we're software goons and don't mind switching compilers at need.
I don't think it's fair to require someone to install Yet Another
Package just to compile according to *our* preferences, esp. if the
bundled compiler does an adequate job. Lowest common denominator.
If someone doesn't have gcc installed, it is not the most trivial
nor briefest installation in the world. Let's not make it a
requirement to reproduce our work.
#ken :-)}
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