On the apr_network_io front, things don't look as bad as I thought they were for my immediate needs. They could (should) be better, but this could wait until 1.4.0 or 2.0. I hadn't realized we weren't looking at an opaque structure yet for apr_sockaddr_t. So it's (barely) tolerable :)
I'd like to freeze ABI tonight and tag tomorrow. This means that if there is any ABI breakage in 1.3 it needs to be remedied today. This means if there is a function that *must* be added-can't wait-it must happen today. But from my second perusal of issues.a.o/bugzilla/ I'm not seeing anything significant that can't either wait for 1.4.0 or can't be fixed during the lifecycle of 1.3. So I'd say lets do it. Please doublecheck 1.3.x/CHANGES if your patch has been backed out by you or others, so it reflects reality. I caught at least one ssl/evp mention in CHANGES that had been reverted. Bill