> Am 31.05.2017 um 17:46 schrieb William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net>: > > I have the impression that the developers still believe HTTP/2 > proxy is still 'experimental' / work-in-progress. Notably, there is > a large pile of duplicate functionality in the modules/http2/ tree > which should already be promoted to httpd util commons, so > one copy of these duplicated functions are shared by both > mod_http2 and mod_proxy_http2 (as well as potential http/2 > enhancement modules).
The developer of all this agrees that mod_proxy_http2 should stay experimental. I would even recommend to remove mod_proxy_http2 from 2.4.x, until someone finds time to address the problems reported. It works well for me, but some people observe large transfers not working on Windows, for example. > I have the impression that mod_http2 implementation in 2.6 is > already cleaner and more maintainable, owing to enhancements > Stefan already contributed and those parts of the implementation > that httpd 2.4 had subpar support for... leading to various bits of > bubblegum and twists of bailing wire, which are harder to maintain > without the 2.6 API fixes. FYI: I can also assure that code between trunk and 2.4.x is identical except ap_create_request(), introduced in trunk, that was never back-ported. My stance on mod_http2's experimental status is that I do not really have an opinion. People seem to have more time and energy available, the farther away from actual code the discussion runs. Which is contrary to how I operate. So: > Am 31.05.2017 um 14:07 schrieb Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com>: > > There was discussion some time ago about dropping the "experimental" > tag from our HTTP/2 implementation. It is causing loads of people > to not use it, as well as allowing for the perpetuation of FUD that > httpd really doesn't support HTTP/2. What could a change of "experimental" do? - A. It could address the FUD. Which I assume is important for market shares. And for people who have done serious investments (successful ones) in httpd in the past, be it money or time. - B. People come out and say: "when experimental is gone, I might finally find the time to improving HTTP/2 support with the great ideas and/or long time experience that I have!" On A, I am not interested. I will neither promote nor disapprove any change there. I just does not matter to me, personally. But if you want to talk about B, I am all ears! Cheers, Stefan PS. Merit: the following people, beside myself, have contributed to the HTTP/2 efforts (to the best of my and svn praise memory): - Yann did much work in analyzing crashes and made fixes - Jim did the original import and added conn_rec* master - Graham (minfrin) added ap_create_request() to trunk - jfclere and jchampion did some code formatting/cleanups - rjung added forgotten APLOGNOs - jailletc and elukey worked a lot on the docs - many, many people tested Thank you!
