Jim Jagielski wrote:
What is the real issue with having an experimental module subdir? If it makes it easier for people to use it or try it out, then why not?
Because --with-foo / --without-foo syntax gives **NO** indication to the user, or indication from the user, that they are willing to use experimental code. It also adds additional headaches. mod_dumpio, for example, clearly is a logger. Why, as a new module, would one look for it to be within 'experimental' as opposed to it's purpose (logging). The problem is that apache config syntax, and our directory structure bear no relation to each other. YOU the developer understand that the code in experimental/mod_foo.c isn't cooked, but the USER sees none of that when they invoke --with-foo. This is all about developers who want testers to adopt code inflicting it on users who don't know that it might not be quite ready for them to rely upon, and was only provided for them to experiment with. Bill
