On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 5:03 PM, William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net>
wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Jeff Trawick <traw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:55 PM, William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone get mod_lbmethod_rr.c to build?
>>>
>>
>> That's funny actually.  The very first version README.cmake in trunk says
>> that mod_lbmethod_rr.c doesn't build on Windows
>>
>
>  When I added the .dsp, it certainly did build.  --enable-mods=all should
> be
> triggering the build of those sources.
>
> I think this illustrates that we have played fast and loose with something
> that
> 1. is a public API, 2. not experimental, and 3. was illustrated with an
> example
> that has been frequently broken by Major ABI changes.
>
> If devs want to promote an API and then continuously break ABI on trunk,
> I'm way beyond arguing with such individuals.  Just a few choice examples
> which had necessitated major MMN bumps that did not receive one...
>
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1560081
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1477649 (no
> bitwise-alignment assurance)
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1436919 (no
> bitwise-alignment assurance)
>
> However, this module appears to have been broken prior to 2.4.1 GA with
> this
> at least this commit...
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209958
> ... which tells me it is simply an abandoned example.
>
> I propose we remove it from 2.4.x branch and trunk, rather than pretending
> we have maintained it?
>

+1 for removing from 2.4.x branch

no arguments here if someone actually wants it to hang around in trunk, but
I don't actually know if anybody cares so no vote on trunk ATM...

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