Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 16:10:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: Marc Slemko <marcs@worldgate.com>
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Subject: Re: Proposed ANNOUNCE for 1.2.2 (II)
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Am I missing something here?  1.2.2 has already been tagged too, which I
wasn't aware of...

I wasn't aware that the final tarball had been built yet.  

On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Marc Slemko wrote:

> I forgot to backport the change to print the name of the lock file for
> both FLOCK and FCNTL locking... normally the way things work is the
> version is kept at -dev until it is actually rolled, then moved to 1.2.2
> just for the few minutes it takes to roll.  Since it is already at 1.2.2,
> I'm not sure what the deal is...  I guess I will just commit it in a
> little bit once I wake up, then we have to be sure the tarball is rerolled
> properly because we have a bunch of them claiming to be 1.2.2 in
> httpd.h...
> 
> Normally I prefer just including the src/CHANGES file in the release.  It
> is what people have come to expect and is what I want to see.  Oh, the
> CHANGES file in HEAD needs to be brought up to sync with that in 1.2.  In
> any case, the CHANGES file is normally put in /dist/ so if you don't
> include it, then include a URL for it.  Will probably need to have a
> CHANGES.1.2 and CHANGES.1.3 or something...
> 
> I would also suggest that you mention something about this being a bugfix
> release, no major changes, etc.
> 
> On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> 
> > 
> > OK, I've revised the notable changes list and replaced the detailed changes
> > list by just a hint to src/CHANGES. Because such in-depth details are not
> > needed in an ANNOUNCE message, I think. And I added a header to the top to
> > summarize the message (What=ANNOUNCE, Who=Apache, Where=URL, Why=Version) for
> > the impatient.
> > 
> > Again, feel free to fix me.
> >                                        Ralf S. Engelschall
> >                                        rse@engelschall.com
> >                                        www.engelschall.com
> > _______________________________________________________________________
> > |Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Apache 1.2.2 Released
> > |Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
> > |To: apache-announce@apache.org
> > 
> >                             ANNOUNCE
> >                         Apache webserver 
> >                      http://www.apache.org/
> >                          version 1.2.2
> > 
> > Greetings:
> > 
> > We would like to announce the availability of the Apache webserver
> > software version 1.2.2. It is recommended that users of earlier 
> > versions of the Apache webserver upgrade their installations.
> > 
> > For in-depth details about every change see the file src/CHANGES 
> > in the distribution. Notable changes in this release include:
> > 
> >    o  Virtual host <Directory>/<Location> sections now considered
> >       after the main server <Directory>/<Location> sections, so that
> >       overrides work properly in all cases.
> > 
> >    o  Added "downgrade-1.0" variable for use with mod_browser
> >       to downgrade Apache to HTTP/1.0 even when the request was
> >       of type HTTP/1.1. This can be used to workaround problems with
> >       the latest MSIE 4.0b2 browser. See the page
> >       http://www.apache.org/docs/manual/misc/known_client_problems
> >       for more details.
> > 
> >    o  Full integration of the last externally available mod_rewrite 
> >       version into Apache Group's source repository and inclusion of 
> >       essential bugfixes from the ongoing Apache 1.3 development line. 
> > 
> >    o  A change in 1.2.1 introduced a problem with SIGHUP under 
> >       Solaris 2.x (up through 2.5.1). This has been fixed now.
> > 
> > See the main Apache website (http://www.apache.org/) for downloading
> > instructions. This site also includes pointers to many mirror sites that 
> > may be closer to you.
> > 
> > Share and enjoy!
> > 
>