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From: Sam Tregar <sam@tregar.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:52:55 -0800
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Subject: Re: Problems using Apache::Test on Debian (and Ubuntu)
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Thanks - it wasn't clear to me which comments earlier were from maintainers
and which from interested bystanders.  No patch will ever be universally
loved, so I thought I'd try to figure out which changes needed to be made.

Sam


On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:26 PM, William A Rowe Jr <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Sam Tregar <sam@tregar.com> wrote:
> > I'm not totally clear on who's maintaining Apache::Test.
> >
> > If not, what changes would you need to take it?
>
> Refer back to my earlier comments. There is very little chance that any
> specific vendor deviations will be accommodated at the ASF. Once broken
> without community consensus, the vendor owns their choices. That said...
>
> There's a very good chance that making variable lookup more abstract
> in a way that allows all builders to inform Apache::Test and all other
> consumers of specific resources (through apachectl, apxs and similar)
> will be readily accepted. Please look at Eric's answer for a next step.
>
> In answer to your root question, Apache::Test is under the perl.apache.org
> PMC's domain.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks - it wasn&#39;t clear to me which comments earlier =
were from maintainers and which from interested bystanders.=C2=A0 No patch =
will ever be universally loved, so I thought I&#39;d try to figure out whic=
h changes needed to be made.<div><br></div><div>Sam</div><div><br></div></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 9,=
 2017 at 2:26 PM, William A Rowe Jr <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:wrowe@rowe-clan.net" target=3D"_blank">wrowe@rowe-clan.net</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord=
er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On Thu, Mar 9, 20=
17 at 3:23 PM, Sam Tregar &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sam@tregar.com">sam@tregar.=
com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; I&#39;m not totally clear on who&#39;s maintaining Apache::Test.<br>
&gt;<br>
</span><span class=3D"">&gt; If not, what changes would you need to take it=
?<br>
<br>
</span>Refer back to my earlier comments. There is very little chance that =
any<br>
specific vendor deviations will be accommodated at the ASF. Once broken<br>
without community consensus, the vendor owns their choices. That said...<br=
>
<br>
There&#39;s a very good chance that making variable lookup more abstract<br=
>
in a way that allows all builders to inform Apache::Test and all other<br>
consumers of specific resources (through apachectl, apxs and similar)<br>
will be readily accepted. Please look at Eric&#39;s answer for a next step.=
<br>
<br>
In answer to your root question, Apache::Test is under the <a href=3D"http:=
//perl.apache.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">perl.apache.org</a>=
<br>
PMC&#39;s domain.<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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