On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Daniel Ruggeri <[email protected]> wrote: > > *** Changes here > We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available for > non-Windows platforms, and encourage users of all prior versions to > upgrade. > > Please note, a bug after shipping this release was discovered that prevents > the server from starting on Windows when mod_proxy_balancer is used. > This manifests in error message "AH01179: balancer slotmem_create failed." > Windows users are encouraged to postpone upgrades until the > soon-to-be-available > 2.4.33+ release is made. > *** End Changes
This looks sensible, or do we say that users of mod_proxy_balancer on Windows should defer their upgrade? A more limited audience? > Please note that while the Apache HTTP Server Project may publish some > security patches to the 2.2.x flavor through at least December of 2017, > no further maintenance patches of 2.2.x will be considered and no further > releases will be distributed. The 2.2.x branch has now reached the end of > its maintenance, and users are strongly encouraged to promptly complete > their transitions to this 2.4.x flavor of httpd to benefit from security > and bug fixes, as well as new features. This is not current, see /repos/dist/dev/httpd/ for the current Announcement text draft, please.
