APR Developers,
Hello! I joined a little while back out of a need to add TLS
capabilities to apr_dbd_mysql
(https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62342). In my
exuberance to contribute and solve this problem quickly -- I have
another project waiting for this fix -- I just cloned the trunk (2.0)
and got right to work. My completed additions compile fine -- no errors
or warnings -- and the automated tests all succeed. Even RPM building
appears to work well. In wanting to prove my changes in a test
environment, I attempted to simply install the new apr-mysql RPM
(somewhat surprised at the unexpected name change) and discovered it is
impossible.
I'm unable to install the RPMs I created simply because the sub-packages
(like apr-mysql) all require "apr-util", which is no longer being built,
as far as I can tell. It's nowhere in the spec file except as a
dependency. Was this an oversight or am I missing something obvious?
Would it be safe to simply remove the dependency on apr-util or should
it have been replaced by a different dependency?
In looking to see what I could do on my own, I separately discovered to
my dismay that CentOS 7 -- the OS for which I have a specific need for
this fix -- uses APR 1.5 but the APR website hints to me that 1.5 is no
longer meant to be supported (by omitting it from
https://apr.apache.org/anonsvn.html). Is there any obvious reason why I
shouldn't proceed with 2.0 or should I go back and try to find the 1.5
branch and apply my additions there? On that line of thinking, should I
port my contribution to 1.6 and 1.7, as well?
Looking forward to any guidance,
William
