Eric,

Why not remove the win32 binaries altogether and just mention that
win32 binaries are available at Apache Lounge? This would mirror eg
the Linux kernel which is only supplied as a binary in a distribution.

Cheers,

Colin


On 14 November 2013 15:21, Eric Covener <cove...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Nobody has posted httpd binaries for Windows to httpd.apache.org in quite
>>> a while, and they were never "official" anyway, whatever that means.
>>
>>
>> Not true.  Cf:
>> http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ#Why_isn.27t_there_a_binary_for_my_platform.3F
>> Binaries for Windows are official stuffs.  Or if you like, they are *de
>> facto* official stuff provided by Apache.
>
> "Right now, there are none. The Apache Software Foundation produces
> Open Source Software. The 32 bit binaries provided are a courtesy of
> the community members."
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>  Windows is of course supported in the source, and as someone else pointed
>>> out there are non-ASF providers of binaries for Windows.
>>
>>
>> But the lack of specific source for Windows in official FTP server make us
>> think otherwise.
>
> There used to be a post-processed archive of the source for windows as
> a convenience.  It's the same code.
>
>> But I'd rather like a *clear-cut* situation/announcement instead of an 
>> ambiguous one.
>
> I guess it would help to fix these two things:
>
> * download page to not say "unix source". I'll take that as a TODO.
> * pub/httpd/binaries/win32/README should have a blurb saying these are
> sometimes contributed
>
> --
> Eric Covener
> cove...@gmail.com
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