Paul Querna wrote: > I believe the httpd project is ready for a push towards the next major > version. > > I believe everyone involved has learned many things from 2.x. I wasn't > here for all of the early 2.x development, so it is very easy to say I > am naive in the scope of something like pushing for 3.0. > > Today, I view the following as largely unsolvable problems with the 2.x > architecture: > > - Async IO will not work in the core without committing more evil hacks, > that will make the code harder to understand and follow. > > - Async IO will not work correctly with filters today. > > - The module API exposes too many internals of how client IO is done to > make small incremental changes. > > - The HTTP protocol is still married to the core, and there has been > very little progress in separating it out. > > - Performance for many metrics will never be fully on par to async or > hybrid async/threaded based servers like lighttpd. > > - The configuration subsystem does not enable runtime changes, or the > ability to easily programmatically extend it. > > Could we try to address these issues and more with more constrained > changes? Very likely. > > Do I think it would be as fun for everyone involved? Nope. > > I don't believe that a focus on 3.0 will replace 2.x overnight, just > like 2.x has taken many years to replace 1.3.x on new installs. I > personally don't view this as a major problem; With time, and if the > project is truly better, users will migrate. I do think we need a > better strategy for handling dynamic content generators, and things that > are not thread safe. > > I personally believe the push for 3.0 needs to be focused on how to > create a positive scratch your own itch for most of the developer. So, > in that spirit, what bothers everyone else about 2.x?
While I appreciate the work that has been done on our auth model, it's still a nightmare and not as flexible as we should have. I'd like to see us fully support group auth and allowing "layered" approaches to auth. -- david http://feathercast.org/
