RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Bill Stoddard
> Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > --On Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:36 PM -0400 Joshua Slive > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> One more note: I'd like to see the rename of mod_access reversed. > >> That just seems like a gratuitous change that hurts users and > >> doesn't really help developers

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Joshua Slive
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > --On Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:36 PM -0400 Joshua Slive > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One more note: I'd like to see the rename of mod_access reversed. >> That just seems like a gratuitous change that hurts users and >> doesn't really help developers. > > > Coul

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Jim Jagielski
At 6:30 AM -0400 10/14/02, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: >Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >> > >> > Branch 2.1 now? Only if we want to release the auth changes with all of >> > the upgrade issues of deprecating several released module. It doesn't matter >> > that "only the

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 05:30 AM 10/14/2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: >Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >> > >> > Branch 2.1 now? Only if we want to release the auth changes with all of >> > the upgrade issues of deprecating several released module. It doesn't matter >> > that "only the n

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
André Malo wrote: > > hmm. It can also deny/allow from all, env or subnet. So I guess, > mod_access is not really a bad name for the module, for (not serious) > example: > > BrowserMatch MSIE dont-like-your-browser > Deny from env=dont-like-your-browser if it had to be renamed, it might have be

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread André Malo
* Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > I believe mod_authz_host is a much better name for mod_access. It > indicates that this module is only dealing with authorization based > on the remote host components. mod_access can mean lots of things, > but the fact that it was solely restricted to hostnames was

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > In all of these cases, there was a developer or three, who created a CVS > tree either in their home directories, or in the main CVS area. They made > the major changes that they wanted to see made, and then they announced > the changes to the

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Jim Jagielski wrote: > > William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > > > Branch 2.1 now? Only if we want to release the auth changes with all of > > the upgrade issues of deprecating several released module. It doesn't matter > > that "only the names have changed", this is called deprecating a module, > >

RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-14 Thread Sander Striker
> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 October 2002 01:05 > At 05:33 PM 10/13/2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >>--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:15 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> You haven't read a single email on this thread. The EN

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > --On Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:36 PM -0400 Joshua Slive > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One more note: I'd like to see the rename of mod_access reversed. > > That just seems like a gratuitous change that hurts users and > > doesn't really help

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 08:36 PM 10/13/2002, Joshua Slive wrote: >André Malo wrote: >>I've tried to find a solution. It's certainly not complete, but a first >>suggestion. I simply fetched the old module docs from the Attic, named >>them "obs_*" and modified the xslt a little bit. As proposed by >>Joshua they got the

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:36 PM -0400 Joshua Slive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One more note: I'd like to see the rename of mod_access reversed. > That just seems like a gratuitous change that hurts users and > doesn't really help developers. Could you please explain why breaking out the

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Joshua Slive
André Malo wrote: > I've tried to find a solution. It's certainly not complete, but a first > suggestion. I simply fetched the old module docs from the Attic, named > them "obs_*" and modified the xslt a little bit. As proposed by > Joshua they got the status "Obsolete" and also a large warning on

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread André Malo
* rbb wrote: > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >> I did >> try to wrap my brain around documenting both pre and post auth in the >> same /docs-2.0/ tree. It didn't make any sense. Perhaps someone >> else can do better. > > I will write the docs to handle both. I commit to hav

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 05:33 PM 10/13/2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:15 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>You haven't read a single email on this thread. The ENTIRE POINT >>of this thread is that we have a radical change. Auth. Two Bills >>and who kno

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > You haven't read a single email on this thread. The ENTIRE POINT of this > thread is that we have a radical change. Auth. Two Bills and who knows > whom all else may concur that we can't reasonably force this change > into 2.0 for docs and upgrade reasons. > >

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 05:35 PM 10/13/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >> So we have a radical change. I proposed we create 2.1 to incorporate auth. > >I've read them all. We discussed this before the patch was incorporated >into the release. The majority do NOT beli

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > At 03:33 PM 10/13/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > > >> At 11:40 AM 10/13/2002, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> > >> >> In the message above, I don't > >> >> think

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Saturday, October 12, 2002 1:17 PM -0700 Aaron Bannert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That seems like a one-way street to me. How come it's ok to work on > the auth changes in 2.0 but it's not ok for others? As Sander pointed out, the aaa changes were made first, then we voted on where they

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:15 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You haven't read a single email on this thread. The ENTIRE POINT > of this thread is that we have a radical change. Auth. Two Bills > and who knows whom all else may concur that we can't reasonably

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 03:33 PM 10/13/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > >> At 11:40 AM 10/13/2002, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >> In the message above, I don't >> >> think you are advocating a 2.1 branch. It sounds like you believe that

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 4:57 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I challenge you to do so; document both the old and the new so that > >http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/ > > clearly documents both the pre-new-auth and post-new-auth. I'm > presuming it can't be

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
At 1:05 PM -0500 10/13/02, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > >Then I want to clarify ... you both object to the statement that developers >within HTTP should be free to work on what they want. Obviously, you are >both stating that we should not introduce 2.1 anytime real soon now. > In a nutshell, h

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:30 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So far, Two Bills beg that we defer the auth reorg to 2.1. If I > hear three, I will consider it appropriate to veto the auth > reorganization for 2.0, until we start 2.1. The technical > justifi

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 04:36 PM 10/13/2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 3:59 AM -0700 Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>There were some directive changes, and certainly some different >>modules to load, but nothing in the API department. Moreover, I >>think we can deal with the dir

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Sunday, October 13, 2002 3:59 AM -0700 Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The API *is* stable. The auth changes did nothing to the API except > to expand it a bit for *new* auth systems. Existing auth modules are > unaffected. Exactly - we only reorganized our aaa modules. No hooks o

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > At 11:40 AM 10/13/2002, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> In the message above, I don't > >> think you are advocating a 2.1 branch. It sounds like you believe that > >> we should take the time to finish 2.0 before movin

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:39:28AM -0400, Jeff Stuart wrote: > Speaking as an end user, my problem is this: > > Module development. PHP STILL does not officially support Apache 2. It > is still marked as experimental. Mod_perl still doesn't support Apache > 2. > > For me, these are the 2 thir

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 11:40 AM 10/13/2002, Jim Jagielski wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> In the message above, I don't >> think you are advocating a 2.1 branch. It sounds like you believe that >> we should take the time to finish 2.0 before moving on. Am I right in >> interpreting it that way? >> > >+++1

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 05:59 AM 10/13/2002, Greg Stein wrote: >The API *is* stable. The auth changes did nothing to the API except to >expand it a bit for *new* auth systems. Existing auth modules are >unaffected. To the extent that they don't choose to use the new hooks, I believe you are right. Certainly no MMN m

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Greg Stein wrote: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:18:41PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >... > > I think there is a much easier way to satisfy everybody and stay in the > > 2.0 tree. The problem right now, is that the MMN isn't granular > > enough. All we know, is that we

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > At 11:21 PM 10/11/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I am so sick of this conversation. 2.0 isn't done yet. It won't be done > >until it is actually stable, and it isn't currently stable. > > Fine. That's no reason to deprecate modules mid-

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 11:21 PM 10/11/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am so sick of this conversation. 2.0 isn't done yet. It won't be done >until it is actually stable, and it isn't currently stable. Fine. That's no reason to deprecate modules mid-stream. Was it a good choice to rename mod_access to mod_auth

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
I am so sick of this conversation. 2.0 isn't done yet. It won't be done until it is actually stable, and it isn't currently stable. But, you have worn me down. Create a new fscking tree, populate it and begin working on it. I will be finishing 2.0. And yes, this is very harshly worded. We

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In the message above, I don't > think you are advocating a 2.1 branch. It sounds like you believe that > we should take the time to finish 2.0 before moving on. Am I right in > interpreting it that way? > +++1 -- =

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > --On Friday, October 11, 2002 10:00 PM -0700 Brian Pane > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > > but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > > 2.1: async write support. And async

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
I finally figured out why a 2.1 branch bothers me so much. It isn't being done the way it should be done. When apache-nspr was created, it wasn't because there was a big discussion on-list and Dean decided to go do the work. When apache-apr was created, it wasn't because Bill, Manoj, and I sta

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread johannes m. richter
>Anyway, I've most likely upset a few people, and I apologize in >advance. Just take these words from someone who *still* wants Apache >to achieve world domination :) As a user I'll try to help achiving this goal ;) About the specific issue: I (again as a user) like the idea of at least puttin

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
This is going to sound like a grumpy old man talking, but it's sounding more and more like that 2.0 tree is considered, by many of the developers, little more than a playground to hack around in. There seems very little regard for end users or developers ("API changes with every release... yeah, s

RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Sander Striker
> From: Aaron Bannert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 October 2002 22:18 > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:37:07AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > >I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > > >but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > > >2.1: async write suppo

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Friday, October 11, 2002 10:00 PM -0700 Brian Pane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > 2.1: async write support. And async read support, but > that may take a lot longer. My belief

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Friday, October 11, 2002 10:59 PM -0500 "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm calling for a consensus opinion that the mod_auth changes > are simply too radical to introduce into a current version. We keep > treating the GA tree as a development branch. Many newcomers >

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:37:07AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > >I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > >but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > >2.1: async write support. And async read support, but > >that may take a lot longer. > > My belief is that y

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Jim Jagielski wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In all of these cases, there was a developer or three, who created a CVS > > tree either in their home directories, or in the main CVS area. They made > > the major changes that they wanted to see made, and then they a

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Greg Stein
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 11:23:23PM -0400, Bill Stoddard wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:37:07AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > > >I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > > > >but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > > > >2.1: async write support. And

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jim Jagielski
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In all of these cases, there was a developer or three, who created a CVS > tree either in their home directories, or in the main CVS area. They made > the major changes that they wanted to see made, and then they announced > the changes to the list, and invited peopl

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Greg Stein
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:18:41PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > I think there is a much easier way to satisfy everybody and stay in the > 2.0 tree. The problem right now, is that the MMN isn't granular > enough. All we know, is that we broke binary compatibility. But, we > don't know

RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Jeff Stuart
Speaking as an end user, my problem is this: Module development. PHP STILL does not officially support Apache 2. It is still marked as experimental. Mod_perl still doesn't support Apache 2. For me, these are the 2 third party modules I use. Yes, the onus DOES rest on the developers of these

RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Bill Stoddard
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:37:07AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > >I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, > > >but I do have one change in mind that would fit well in > > >2.1: async write support. And async read support, but > > >that may take a lot longer. > > > > My bel

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread rbb
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Glenn wrote: Glenn, thanks I had deleted Jim's message and I was re-creating it. You made it so I didn't have to. :-) > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > This is going to sound like a grumpy old man talking, but it's sounding > > more and

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Glenn
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:11:29PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote: > This is going to sound like a grumpy old man talking, but it's sounding > more and more like that 2.0 tree is considered, by many of the > developers, little more than a playground to hack around in. There > seems very little regard

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 06:39:28AM -0400, Jeff Stuart wrote: >... > And now you want to create an Apache 2.1! Oy! Give the third party > developers a LITTLE bit of time to catch up. :) The presence of an httpd 2.1 would have *ZERO* effect on them supporting a 2.0 release. If anything, it would

RE: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-13 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 04:05 PM 10/12/2002, Sander Striker wrote: >> From: Aaron Bannert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 12 October 2002 22:18 > >> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:37:07AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >> > >I don't have a strong opinion about the authn redesign, >> > >but I do have one change in min

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-12 Thread Brian Pane
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 20:59, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > Let's get cracking and we can have a 2.1 release out by year end, > depending on how far we go with changes in that version. Certainly > some of the file-based stuff can finally be separated out, even if not > as radically as GStein has

Re: Auth: Start the httpd-2.1 branch finally?

2002-10-12 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 11:21 PM 10/11/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am so sick of this conversation. 2.0 isn't done yet. It won't be done >until it is actually stable, and it isn't currently stable. > >But, you have worn me down. Create a new fscking tree, populate it and >begin working on it. I will be fini