> I also have a high-level objection against backporting this change to > APR 1.7.x: IMHO APR 1.7.x is a stable branch and I think that only > regression fixes should be backported to the stable branch. r1896510 > is a significant change and as far as I understand it's not a > regression fix. So I think it would be better to revert r1896510 and > release it as part of APR 2.0 (or 1.8.x).
No comment on the scale/significance here, but IMO fixes to non-regression defects are suitable for a patch/micro releases of APR.
