coar 98/04/07 06:18:02
Modified: . STATUS
Log:
Votes and vetos.
Revision Changes Path
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Index: STATUS
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RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/STATUS,v
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+++ STATUS 1998/04/07 13:18:01 1.273
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
or not, and if not, what changes are needed to make it right.
Approve guidelines as written:
- +1: Roy, Dean, Paul, Jim, Martin, Ralf, Randy, Brian
+ +1: Roy, Dean, Paul, Jim, Martin, Ralf, Randy, Brian, Ken
+0:
-1:
+ (Ken: 'lazy consensus' needs to be defined.)
Plan:
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@
1.3b6 and thus for the 1.3.x release branch via the
apache-1.3/src/test/rename/rename.cf file as the configuration for the
renaming. The used prefix or prefixes are configureable in the file.
- +1: Ralf, Jim, Roy
+ +1: Ralf, Jim, Roy, Ken [only because collisions won't be addressed
any
+ other way, apparently - otherwise agrees with Marc]
0: Marc [thinks this is the wrong time for such a big change]
* What prefixes to use for the renaming:
@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@
- Private functions which we can't make static (because of
cross-object usage) but should be (e.g., new_connection)
ap_xxx: +1: Roy, Dean, Randy, Martin, Brian
+ -1: Ken
apx_xxx: +1: Ralf
appri_xxx: +1: Paul, Ken
@@ -319,6 +322,17 @@
apm_xxx: +1: Ralf
Notes:
+ - Ken: I'm vetoing the 'same prefix for everything' idea
+ because it means that everything is part of the API, and
+ every single change - even to things which aren't supposed
+ to be used by modules - will require a bump to MMN. Either
+ we do it right, and distinguish by name between what's for
+ public consumption and what's not, or we don't do a global
+ rename at this point. I feel this distinction is necessary
+ because of our 'glass house' (full source availability)
+ environment. Saying 'look at the [nonexistent] documentation'
+ is a cop-out if we're going to do it right.
+
- Ralf: My opinion for my decisions are the following ones:
1. The short ap_ prefix is a good idea because its
a handy prefix while still Apache specific, so I
@@ -414,6 +428,10 @@
mod_auth_db at this time, and I'm pretty sure it was to
deal with this issue. But I think I still ran into
troubles if I automatically looked for gdbm.
+
+ * The binary should have the same name on Win32 and UNIX.
+ +1: Ken
+ -1:
* What do we call the binary: apache or httpd? Under UNIX
it's httpd, under Win32 it's apache. Maybe rename it
