Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 6265 invoked by uid 6000); 7 Apr 1999 18:45:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 6061 invoked from network); 7 Apr 1999 18:45:01 -0000 Received: from twinlark.arctic.org (204.107.140.52) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 7 Apr 1999 18:45:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 16635 invoked by uid 500); 7 Apr 1999 18:44:59 -0000 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:44:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Dean Gaudet To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: NSPR ping. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-Comment: Visit http://www.arctic.org/~dgaudet/legal for information regarding copyright and disclaimer. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org I think I've made my ambivalence pretty clear in the past... I like NSPR -- it is a goal we should strive for with APR. You've got the energy. The license is holding us back on NSPR, so it makes sense. Dean On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Ryan Bloom wrote: > > I tried sending a note about this a few minutes ago, and as far as I can > tell it didn't go through, so I am sending a new one. If this was sent > twice, I'm sorry. > > I am pinging about my favorite topic again, NSPR. It is now April 5th, > and we still haven't heard anything about the new Mozilla License. They > have been in the news for the last week, because Mozilla is 1 year old, > but nothing about the next release with a new License, not even when it > can be expected. > > They have recently lost at least one of their key developers, and I would > assume that with AOL laying off 430 people at Netscape, that some people > at Mozilla have been let go. > > How much longer do we wait until we decide to either commit to NSPR or > dump it and go with APR. I believe we need to make a decision and stick > to it. If we decide to go with APR and then three weeks from now, NSPR is > released, so we change to NSPR, we will have lost a lot of time. WE can > get APR started this week, and as soon as the File I/O stuff is written, > it can be added to the server while Network I/O code is written. I think > we can get APR written and in the apache-apr tree by the end of next month > in a worst case scenario. > > I am +1 on giving up on NSPR now, and beginning work on APR. > > Ryan > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Ryan Bloom rbb@raleigh.ibm.com > 4205 S Miami Blvd > RTP, NC 27709 It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers > doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to > see beginners doing complicated patterns. > >