> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:19 PM
>
>
> > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Harrie Hazewinkel wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > > Could someone explain to me why httpd-2.0 still has the
> > > so-called module magic number in the module struct?? (see below)
> > >
> > > /** Magic Cookie to identify a module structure; It's mainly
> > > * important for the DSO facility (see also mod_so). */
> > > unsigned long magic;
> > >
> > > Is the purpose of the new module struct and dynamic hooks
> > > making this obsolete??
> >
> > No. It should make them increase less often, but whenever an API changes,
> > the module magic number must be bumped.
>
> *should* being the operative word here. Don't see that happening. I've
> bumped it at least when the really, really cryptic stuff has changed, such as
> harrie's scoreboard reorg. I suppose the Apache group should simply bump it
> as a matter of course on each version bump till the API is at least modestly
> stable.
>
I don't think we should even bother with bumping the MMN in Apache 2.0 until we have
our
first release. But I will gladly go with the whatever the group wants. Probably need
to
write up a doc on when to bump the MMN and how to decide if the minor or major should
be
bumped.
Bill
