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Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 7:43 PM
> In a message dated 01-03-31 17:06:37 EST, Bill Stoddard writes...
>
> > You will -never- see #ifdef IBMHTTPD (et. al) in Apache.
>
> Having 'ifdef IBMHTTPD' in Apache doesn't bother me... it certainly
> wouldn't be near as messy as following all the 'ifdef NETWARE' stuff
> and I have a feeling more people are using 'IBM' Apache than are
> using 'Novell NETWARE' Apache.
Kevin, NETWARE is a _platform_ not a _product_.
> > As a policy, the ASF does not commit code that is product specific
> > (and this is a damn good policy IMHO).
>
> Wow.. Ok... but anyone who takes a close look at http_main.c could very
> much disagree with you ( See above regarding NETWARE ) and what you claim
> is a 'policy'. It all comes down to what your definition of a 'product' is
> and whether or not all the HP_UX, BEOS, AIX, NCR, TPR, NETWARE stuff
> constitutes 'supporting a specific product' or not. It's sort of a 'gray
> line' that's been drawn in Apache.
No it isn't Gray. It's quite black and white. WIN32, NETWARE, et al were
all given to the ASF or built by the ASF as complete solutions. IBMHTTPD,
WebTen and Covalent Fast Start Server are _not_ the ASF's solutions, they
are vendor solutions with vendor-specific changes.
And yes, you have _my_ permission to email if a customer using mod_gzip and
Covalent Fast Start Server has a problem with anything we changed from the
public distribution, and some solution could be crafted. ITMT, FirstBill
is right, this is OT, so please let this thread _die_ and take it offline
with IBM. Do it in their support forum if you like. Do it in the newsgroup
if you like. But not on the new-httpd development list, please.
Bill
