I need to get on a soap box and speak to you on a problem I see for Midgard.
If you've read my resent post on the error I am receiving (undefined symbol:
ap_pbase64decode) when trying to upgrade to Midgard 1.4, you will find that
it is due to me having an older version of Apache - apache-1.3.6-C11. Now,
what gets me is that I have a RaQ3 Cobalt network box which has a custom GUI
that is integrated into a RedHat 6 installation. Everything I've read from
the Cobalt users mail list is to NOT mess with upgrading apache. They claim
it is a nightmare!
Now what gets me is that according to the requirements spec noted at:
http://www.midgard-project.org/req/midgard-1.4/installation.htm#AEN116
It states that Apache 1.3.3 or later may be used. And in fact, I was able to
originally install midgard 1.4beta4 on my RaQ3. I did notice the added note
at the bottom of the page to get apache-1.3.12-2. But this is not obviously
clear, and a change to that page should be made to show the correct version
requirements.
The thing I would like to make the Midgard team aware of is that by
requiring a newer version of apache, you are in essence narrowing the end
user base. I know that the Cobalt community will not load midgard if they
are going to have to upgrade their apache server. I also have a feeling that
other server administrators may feel the same.
So if you desire to have a larger midgard server base, you should really
consider making Midgard compatible with older versions of key components
like Apache and MySQL.
Thank you for your time... I will now get off my soap box ;-)
enrique
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