On Jan 17, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: > On 17 Jan 2012, at 10:32 PM, Gregg L. Smith wrote: > >> Why not just do it how it has always been done, that is to include the >> latest release of APR/APU(/APR-I on Win) for the httpd release? It seems to >> me if I recall this correctly, that the reason there was a separate -deps >> package was because APR 1.4 was not released, therefore could not be bundled >> yet was required for 2.3.x at the time of release. >> >> I know PCRE was axed and the reason is sound. APR however, is part of ASF >> and maintained by most of you anyway. >> >> The preferred needed APR & APU are all in a released state, what's the >> problem bundling again? > > Both APR and APR-Util are standalone packages, and are deployed in their own > right on systems, just like other dependencies like OpenSSL or db4, and this > has been so for many years. > > Bundling them causes confusion and clashes with these system installed > packages. Those that need included APR/APR-Util should be the exception, not > the rule. >
For the beta, it was deemed Good to bundle the required versions of apr/apu; for the GAs, not so much. I'm +1 for not bundling them.
