Hi,
One of the tasks planned for webstack Apache is the decoupling of
APR, APR-UTIL from HTTPD and introducing them as separate packages.
This is required as many other components actually depend only on APR/APR-UTIL
libraries
and do not require HTTPD libraries.
Now that Apache 2.2.9 has been released with APR/APR-UTIL 1.3, it is the ideal
time to
work on this task (CR 6715153, CR 6714814).
It could be done
1. using the apr, apr-util bundled with httpd source but built
binaries moved to a separate pacakge.
2. using apr and apr-util sources (with the support for multiple versions),
built and packaged separately.
In my opinion 2nd one is the better option. It gives us more control over
packaging and version updates.
We can have the following type of packages:
1. package containing only the libraries
2. dev package which contains mainly the header files ( needed for development )
3. APR-UTIL database driver packages
Let me know your thoughts on this.
Thanks,
Seema.
