On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10. 5. 26 14:11, Ivan Zhakov wrote: > > Hi, > > 1. According to Wikipedia [1] BeOS was released in 1995 and the latest > release was in 2000. > > 2. There is Haiku (OpenBeOS) project. Which looks like reimplementation of > BeOS API based on Linux kernel though. I checked Haiku package repository > [2] and didn't find APR/HTTPD packages. > > 3. APR contains separate code for BeOS (like 19 source code files) > > Given all above I suggest to remove BeOS related source code from trunk, > unless someone comes forward and offers to maintain the BeOS code. > > Partially discussed before: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/r9txh2n1xpx3mh0ckrt8xhzvsqr9s56b > > [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS > [2]: https://depot.haiku-os.org/ > > > > Granted the headers are in a strange place (see attached), but they're > there. I can build Serf and Subversion on Haiku. > > -- Brane > > Haiku is an active project that aims to be a spiritual successor of BeOS. Haiku does not use the Linux kernel [1]. There are APR [2], httpd [3], Serf [4], and Subversion [5] packages for Haiku. >From browsing there, it isn't clear whether these Haiku packages depend on the BeOS support code in APR. It also isn't obvious whom to contact to ask. I recommend not to remove this code until we can find out more. [1] https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq/#is-haiku-based-on-linux [2] https://depot.haiku-os.org/__multipage/pkg/apr/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/1/7/5/-/1/x86_64 [3] https://depot.haiku-os.org/__multipage/pkg/apache/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/2/4/66/-/1/x86_64 [4] https://depot.haiku-os.org/__multipage/pkg/serf/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/1/3/10/-/1/x86_64 [5] https://depot.haiku-os.org/__multipage/pkg/subversion/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/1/14/5/-/2/x86_64 Cheers, Nathan
