Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F452E211 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:28:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 35681 invoked by uid 500); 7 Feb 2013 08:28:02 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 35182 invoked by uid 500); 7 Feb 2013 08:28:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 35133 invoked by uid 99); 7 Feb 2013 08:27:59 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:27:59 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of margol@beamartyr.net designates 85.195.98.136 as permitted sender) Received: from [85.195.98.136] (HELO mail1.mirimar.net) (85.195.98.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:27:49 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.176] (static.109.226.45.242.ccc.net.il [109.226.45.242] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.mirimar.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id r178ROOC003638 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 09:27:26 +0100 Message-ID: <51136561.2060207@beamartyr.net> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:27:13 +0200 From: Issac Goldstand User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: Apache 2.4 adoption References: <20130205164443.395a5223@hub> <85e23198-0b9a-4c13-9b93-c3e37b1bdd92@email.android.com> <1360146165.57223.YahooMailNeo@web186101.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <20130206235420.7d0cfdd3@hub> In-Reply-To: <20130206235420.7d0cfdd3@hub> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on zaphod.mirimar.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.5 at zaphod X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Old-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 On 07/02/2013 07:54, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: [snip] > I also wonder if this would have been different if the httpd project > had offered an rpm or apt-get packages, for example? It seems like > there will always be a significant lag between a new major.minor > release and seeing it injected into the major distributions. > This has been the case for a while, and kinda makes sense, I think. I mean, would we build on the latest and greatest compilers, just because they had big new shiny features? Probably not. We like stability in time-tested compilers. Same for many end-user sysadmins. Issac