From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 13 15:36:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailout1-100bt.midsouth.rr.com (mailout1-100bt.midsouth.rr.com [24.92.68.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F9837B719 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:36:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dchance@valuedata.net) Received: from mail.midsouth.rr.com (mail.midsouth.rr.com [24.92.68.1]) by mailout1-100bt.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2DNaQL12254; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:36:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from mike ([24.95.125.205]) by mail.midsouth.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with SMTP id com; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:36:26 -0600 Message-ID: <000d01c0ac16$6b9bbb40$0200000a@mike> From: "Daryl Chance" To: "Mike Meyer" Cc: References: <15022.44380.113476.726171@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: Apache 2.0...ports? Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:36:25 -0600 Organization: ValueData, LLC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I get my internet connection turned back on tomorrow (currently emailing from work). If I get the Apache 2.0 Devel added, would there be any commiters willing to commit it for me? (may take a couple days as I will have to learn how to put one together :) Thanks, - Daryl Chance | And which parallel universe did ValueData, LLC | YOU crawl out of? Memphis, TN | - http://www.thinkgeek.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Meyer" To: "Daryl Chance" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Apache 2.0...ports? > Daryl Chance types: > > What would be the chances of getting apache 2.0 added to > > the ports collection? I know there are some other development > > (beta/alpa) ports out there (samba/lynx). Is there any interest > > in getting this added to the ports collection at all? > > Clearly, there is some - you're interested in it. Building apache from > their distribution is pretty simple - I do it because I want more > control over the config than any of the ports. 2.0 should build > equally easily, so just doing that is probably the best route. That > also means that turning it into a port is pretty straightforward, and > there are probably people who would appreciate it if you took that > step as well. > > Note that "developement" means different things for different > projects. For some, the "development" version is usually builds and > runs, but gets bugs more often than the developers things is > reasonable in production software. For others, it tends to be in an > incredible state of flux, so getting a copy that works is more a > matter of luck than anything else. The former are good port prospects, > the latter are not. I've seen things that imply that apache 2.0 is in > the latter category, so... > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message