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Modified: dist Announcement.html Announcement.txt Log: Installed the files into the distribution directory, in preparation for release of 1.3b7. Note that I removed the email addresses from the HTML version to prevent spam robots from collecting addresses. Revision Changes Path 1.6 +31 -110 apache-site/dist/Announcement.html Index: Announcement.html =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-site/dist/Announcement.html,v retrieving revision 1.5 retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 --- Announcement.html 1998/05/23 22:21:24 1.5 +++ Announcement.html 1998/05/26 19:43:17 1.6 @@ -1,120 +1,41 @@ <HTML> <HEAD> -<TITLE>Apache 1.3 Beta 6 Released</TITLE> +<TITLE>Apache 1.3 Beta 7 Released</TITLE> </HEAD> -<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> -<PRE> +<BODY> - <STRONG>Apache 1.3 Beta 6 Released</STRONG> - ========================== +<H1>Apache 1.3 Beta 7 Released</H1> - The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b6 version - of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server. 1.3b6 is - a release candidate for Apache 1.3.0. +<P>The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b7 version + of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server. 1.3b7 is + a second release candidate for Apache 1.3.0. - This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32. No - new features are expected between 1.3b6 and 1.3.0, so please give this +<P>This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32. No + new features are expected between 1.3b7 and 1.3.0, so please give this version a good thrashing in order to provide as much feedback as possible to the Apache Group before the release of 1.3.0. - To grab the latest Apache distribution, check out - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/">http://www.apache.org/dist/</A> - and the huge list of available "International Mirror Sites" at - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/mirrors/">http://www.apache.org/mirrors/</A> +<P>For a full list of specific code changes see <A HREF="CHANGES">CHANGES</A>. - For a detailed list of changes please read the CHANGES file in the - distribution and the "New Features with Apache 1.3" document at - <<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html" - >http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html</A>>. - For your convenience here - is a short summary of all major changes between Apache 1.2 and 1.3 (changes - which are new with version 1.3b6 are tagged '+'): - - o Ported to Windows 95/NT - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/windows">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/windows</A> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.NT">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.NT</A> - - o Ported to BS2000/OSD, a mainframe OS with EBCDIC charset - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/ebcdic">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/ebcdic</A> - -<STRONG> + Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI) for out-of-the-box installation</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.configure">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.configure</A> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/INSTALL">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/INSTALL</A> - -<STRONG> + Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) support for all major Unix platforms </STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO</A> - -<STRONG> + APache eXtenSion (APXS) tool for building third-party modules as DSO</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO</A> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/</A> - -<STRONG> + Additional support tools: apachectl, ab (ApacheBench), dbmmanage</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/</A> - -<STRONG> + Enhanced configuration support: Include and Line-Continuation</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3</A> - - o New `Magic' MIME-typing module for content type guessing - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_mime_magic">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_mime_magic</A> - - o Regular Expression support for Alias and Redirect directives - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_alias">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_alias</A> - -<STRONG> + Overhauled and enhanced URL Rewriting Engine</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite</A> - - o Spell-checking module for on-the-fly URL corrections - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_speling">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_speling</A> - - o Additional access control via CIDR and Netmasks - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_access">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_access</A> - - o Improved HTTP/1.1-style Virtual Host support - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/vhosts/">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/vhosts/</A> - - o Less Buffering of CGI Script Output (makes nph- obsolete) - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3</A> - -<STRONG> + Various Proxy Enhancements (NoProxy, ProxyDomain, ProxyPassReverse)</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_proxy">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_proxy</A> - - o Various internal performance improvements - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3</A> - - o Various fixes to the hostname DNS lookup handling - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core</A> - - o Various Directory Indexing enhancements - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex</A> - - o Various Logging enhancements (Reliable Piped Logs, Named Log Formats) - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core</A> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_log_config">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_log_config</A> - - o Unique Identifiers - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_unique_id">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_unique_id</A> - - o Source tree reorganization - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg</A> - -<STRONG> + Big Symbol Renaming to avoid symbol clashes with third-party code</STRONG> - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg</A> - - o API Additions - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3">http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3</A> - - Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of - 1996. The Web Server Survey by Netcraft (<<A - HREF="http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/" - >http://www.netcraft.com/Survey/</A>>) - found that more web servers were using Apache than any other software. Apache - and its derivatives are run on over 50% of all web domains on the Internet. - - The Apache project has been organized to provide an open-source, secure, - efficient and extensible server which provides HTTP services in sync with the - current HTTP standards. For more information about the Apache project check - out <<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/.">http://www.apache.org/</A>>. - -</PRE> -</BODY> -</HTML> +<P>Major changes with this beta: +<UL> +<LI>HTTP: fixes for 400 and 408 error codes. +<LI>WIN32: + <UL> + <LI>Child process spawning now uses native Win32 API. + This should address many problems people have had + on Win32 - it also forced us to modify the + related child_spawn calls in the Apache API. + <LI>Other various stability fixes. + <LI>Extensive overhaul of the way UNCs are handled. + </UL> +<LI>Various mod_rewrite fixes. +<LI>Various makefile cleanups. +<LI>Various APACI changes. +<LI>Various DSO cleanups, better support for AIX, OpenBSD, NetBSD +<LI>Server's OS family now reported in Server: strings. +<LI>PORT: added support for NCR MP/RAS 3.0 +<LI>Security: we now make sure all config files opened by Apache are not + special devices. +<LI>Added "-s" command line option to dump out vhost settings. +</UL> 1.2 +55 -93 apache-site/dist/Announcement.txt Index: Announcement.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-site/dist/Announcement.txt,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- Announcement.txt 1998/05/19 23:50:50 1.1 +++ Announcement.txt 1998/05/26 19:43:17 1.2 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ - Apache 1.3 Beta 6 Released + Apache 1.3 Beta 7 Released ========================== - The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b6 version - of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server. 1.3b6 is - a release candidate for Apache 1.3.0. + The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b7 version + of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server. 1.3b7 is + a second release candidate for Apache 1.3.0. - This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32. No - new features are expected between 1.3b6 and 1.3.0, so please give this + This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32. No + new features are expected between 1.3b7 and 1.3.0, so please give this version a good thrashing in order to provide as much feedback as possible to the Apache Group before the release of 1.3.0. @@ -16,92 +16,54 @@ and the huge list of available "International Mirror Sites" at http://www.apache.org/mirrors/ - For a detailed list of changes please read the CHANGES file in the - distribution and the "New Features with Apache 1.3" document at - http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html. For your convenience here - is a short summary of all major changes between Apache 1.2 and 1.3 (changes - which are new with version 1.3b6 are tagged '+'): + For a full list of specific code changes see src/CHANGES. - o Ported to Windows 95/NT - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/windows - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.NT - - o Ported to BS2000/OSD, a mainframe OS with EBCDIC charset - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/ebcdic - - + Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI) for out-of-the-box installation - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/README.configure - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/INSTALL - - + Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) support for all major Unix platforms - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO - - + APache eXtenSion (APXS) tool for building third-party modules as DSO - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/README.DSO - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/ - - + Additional support tools: apachectl, ab (ApacheBench), dbmmanage - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/src/support/ - - + Enhanced configuration support: Include and Line-Continuation - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3 - - o New `Magic' MIME-typing module for content type guessing - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_mime_magic - - o Regular Expression support for Alias and Redirect directives - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_alias - - + Overhauled and enhanced URL Rewriting Engine - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite - - o Spell-checking module for on-the-fly URL corrections - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_speling - - o Additional access control via CIDR and Netmasks - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_access - - o Improved HTTP/1.1-style Virtual Host support - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/vhosts/ - - o Less Buffering of CGI Script Output (makes nph- obsolete) - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3 - - + Various Proxy Enhancements (NoProxy, ProxyDomain, ProxyPassReverse) - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_proxy - - o Various internal performance improvements - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3 - - o Various fixes to the hostname DNS lookup handling - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core - - o Various Directory Indexing enhancements - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_autoindex - - o Various Logging enhancements (Reliable Piped Logs, Named Log Formats) - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/core - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_log_config - - o Unique Identifiers - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_unique_id - - o Source tree reorganization - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg - - + Big Symbol Renaming to avoid symbol clashes with third-party code - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/sourcereorg - - o API Additions - http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.3b6/htdocs/manual/new_features_1_3 - - Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of - 1996. The Web Server Survey by Netcraft (http://www.netcraft.co.uk/Survey/) - found that more web servers were using Apache than any other software. Apache - and its derivatives are run on over 50% of all web domains on the Internet. - - The Apache project has been organized to provide an open-source, secure, - efficient and extensible server which provides HTTP services in sync with the - current HTTP standards. For more information about the Apache project check - out http://www.apache.org/. + For an overview of new features in 1.2 please read the CHANGES file + in the distribution and the "New Features with Apache 1.3" document at + http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html + + Major changes with this beta: + HTTP: fixes for 400 and 408 error codes. + WIN32: Child process spawning now uses native Win32 API. + This should address many problems people have had + on Win32 - it also forced us to modify the + related child_spawn calls in the Apache API. + Other various stability fixes. + Extensive overhaul of the way UNCs are handled. + Various mod_rewrite fixes. + Various makefile cleanups. + Various APACI changes. + Various DSO cleanups, better support for AIX, OpenBSD, NetBSD + Server's OS family now reported in Server: strings. + PORT: added support for NCR MP/RAS 3.0 + Security: we now make sure all config files opened by Apache are not + special devices. + Added "-s" command line option to dump out vhost settings. + + Contributing code to this beta: + Ralf S. 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