> > - Closure on file layout versioning. The 2007/169
> case had
> >  /usr/apache2 (and corresponding places in /etc and
> /var). There's
> >  been much discussion on whether to stay the course
> or permit minor
> >  releases of 2.x to coexist (and there are several
> way to accomplish
> >  that, but the higher order question is whether
> coexistence is the goal).
> >  The main argument for this appears to be for
> upgrades, so that upgrading
> >  from S10 doesn't break a working installation.
> 
> I think the more interesting  question is
> whether or not during the course of successive
> Indiana releases there is a need to have more than one 
> Apache 2.x release in play at a time.

As customers take the stack into production use and as the Indiana makes it 
easy to get the latest updates (potentially, with newer versions), wouldn't 
having multiple versions provide customers a choice to stick with the stable 
versions rather than being forced to upgrade what they have in production?

> 
> I'm fairly ignorant on the history of compatibility
> across different  minor releases of Apache modulo what is documented in
> PSARC 2007/169  but I would suggest not introducing the additional
> hierarchy at this time.  That said, I would love to hear what other
> vendors have done in this space and how realistic expectation is that
> users would tend to standardize on one particular 2.x version or one
> particular 1.x version.
> 
My understanding is that there is typically just one version but I'll request 
others to chime in here as well.
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