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Subject: Re: The drive for 2.4.26
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:58:00 +0200
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Nice work, looking forward to seeing this backported!

> Am 10.04.2017 um 18:24 schrieb Evgeny Kotkov =
<evgeny.kotkov@visualsvn.com>:
>=20
> Jim Jagielski <jim@jagunet.com> writes:
>=20
>> Let's shoot for a 2.4.26 within the next handful of
>> weeks. There are some entries in STATUS that could
>> use some love and attention, and I'm hoping/pushing
>> for a Brotli[1] release so we can fold *that* capability
>> in as well.
>>=20
>> 1. https://github.com/google/brotli
>>   https://github.com/google/brotli/issues/483
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> I noticed that the current mod_brotli backport proposal lacks a couple =
of
> changes that allow building against the official repository.  I think =
that
> the core change (excluding the docs) should be:
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>    https://svn.apache.org/r1761714
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1761824
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1762512
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1762515
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1771789
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1771791
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1771827
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1779077
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1779111
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1779700
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1790852
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1790853
>    https://svn.apache.org/r1790860
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> For the convenience, here is a shortlog for these changes:
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>    r1761714: Add initial implementation.
>=20
>    r1761824: Unbreak building other filter modules without =
libbrotlienc.
>=20
>    r1762512: Allow compression ratio logging with new BrotliFilterNote
>    directive.
>=20
>    r1762515: Handle new 'no-brotli' internal environment variable that
>    disables Brotli compression for a particular request.
>=20
>    r1771789: Rewrite the autoconf script in a, hopefully, less =
convoluted way.
>    This lays the groundwork to simplify the switch to the official =
Brotli
>    library.
>=20
>    r1771791: Explicitly cast 'const uint8_t *' to 'const char *' when =
using
>    the data received from Brotli to create a bucket.
>=20
>    r1771827: Update makefiles to use the library layout of the =
official
>    Brotli repository.
>=20
>    r1779077: Unused variable error could mistakenly note that brotli =
isn't
>    available.
>=20
>    r1779111: Update makefile to cope with the pkg-config layout change
>    in https://github.com/google/brotli/commit/fe9f9a9
>=20
>    r1779700: Save a few bytes and a few cycles.
>=20
>    r1790852: Update makefile to allow using Brotli library >=3D 0.6.0.
>=20
>    r1790853: Fix a minor typo in the description of BrotliAlterETag
>    that has been referring to httpd 2.2.x.
>=20
>    r1790860: Comment on the default choice (0) for =
BROTLI_PARAM_LGBLOCK.
>=20
>=20
> Regards,
> Evgeny Kotkov