On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:50 AM, dev-digest-h...@httpd.apache.org wrote: > > From: Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> > Subject: Version check idea > Date: April 21, 2015 at 8:55:38 AM CDT > To: httpd <dev@httpd.apache.org> > > > For comment: What do people think about adding the capability that > when httpd is started, it tries to access http://httpd.apache.org/doap.rdf > to check its version number with the latest one referred to in that > file and, if a newer one exists, it prints out a little message > in the error.log (or stderr)... >
I’m sure this has been said, but I don’t see a reason for this feature. 1. Most distributions purposely pin their Apache to older versions, then back-port their fixes into it. So they’re always going to be out-of-date. 2. I don’t see this as a necessity of a web server. If this feature is necessary (for those that build their own stacks), why not bundle a separate utility that performs the check. 3. This feature wouldn’t be terrible useful since the goal of a web server is to stay up. Checking at start-up seems counter-intuitive.
