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Apache 2.0.49 Released

Posted by michael on from the happy-happy-joy-joy dept.

chipster writes "Apache 2.0.49 has been released today. This version addresses some bugs, as well as a few security issues. You can read about the new features here, and get Apache 2.0.49 here. Also available is the 2.0 ChangeLog."

21 comments

  1. Now if only... by afabbro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ....they'd release mod_perl 2.0 ;)

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    1. Re:Now if only... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Patches and other contributions in order to get stable releases out the door are welcome and embraced. "Insightful" comments are wimpy.

    2. Re:Now if only... by LordK3nn3th · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Not everyone can code. I don't know a dash of, say, perl, python, etc, I know only a tiny pinch of Java and a handful of C++. People who may want perl support in apache aren't always those who can program.

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    3. Re:Now if only... by aled · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Yet Apache 2.x has been released a while ago (years?) and yet some modules like mod_perl still have not a stable release. Something doesn't feel right.

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  2. Apache alternatives. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    For anyone who isn't that fond of Apache (that would be me!), you should be aware that you have other options.

    For example, very excellent thttpd.

    If you've ever been frustrated with Apache's complexity, bloated size and poor performance - try thttpd!

    1. Re:Apache alternatives. by yusufg · · Score: 5, Informative

      One thing I really miss in thttpd is keep-alive support. I am currently kicking the tires of cherokee . It supports epoll/kqueue and also does keep-alive/pipelining. Very useful if you have to serve lots of images, it even has a nice mechanism to serve cache-friendly headers I see some issues with its gzip support but the author is quite responsive

    2. Re:Apache alternatives. by gtrubetskoy · · Score: 4, Insightful
      For example, very excellent thttpd

      Thttpd is good for some things, but don't think it's a full alternative to Apache. We use thttpd to serve http on ftp2.freebsd.org, and for something like this it is great, because speed is all we care about. On the other hand if verstatility is an issue, stick with Apache. It is not bloated and will perform really well if properly configured.

      My personal take on tools that claim to be small, fast, secure and "better than what the rest of the world uses" is that you try them, then sooner or later end up switching back to the "old school" - I've done it with both qmail/sendmail and djbdns/bind...

    3. Re:Apache alternatives. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Should i assume that you use windows?

    4. Re:Apache alternatives. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Should i assume that you use windows?

      What, windows is considered "old school" now?

  3. mod_deflate by wattersa · · Score: 3, Informative

    The mod_deflate features works really well. It's reduced the bandwidth of my mostly text site to about 25% of its former size.

    1. Re:mod_deflate by wattersa · · Score: 1

      btw I would have linked to my site but you know what an effect slashdot can produce ;-). If you really want to visit do a google search for andrew watters.

  4. mod_deflate underused! by bangular · · Score: 3, Interesting

    mod_deflate is so incredibly useful, if there were mod_deflate commercials I'd be in one. It's probably one of the most under used webserver resources out there. mod_deflate can take a large page and reasonably compress the text to a 1/4 or 1/5 the original size. This can be the difference between having to go to a fractional T-3 or being able to use a 1.5 megabit SDSL line.

  5. What about Apache 1.3.x ?? by darthcamaro · · Score: 2, Interesting

    O.k so the foundation has issued an update for 2.x but what about 1.3.x?? is there nothing to patch?

    1. Re:What about Apache 1.3.x ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Look at the fucking Apache dev. mailing list archives - you lazy whiney bitch!

    2. Re:What about Apache 1.3.x ?? by KingOfBLASH · · Score: 2, Informative
      O.k so the foundation has issued an update for 2.x but what about 1.3.x?? is there nothing to patch?

      Apache 1.x is being phased out in favor of 2.x. Support for 1.x has been there for a little while because of the number of copies in use. As 2.x is seen as more and more stable, they will stop patching 1.x. Although, FAIK, they may very well keep a versioning system like MySQL -- so users who want to be on the bleeding edge can live there, and users who want very stable code (read old), can have it their way.

  6. Mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Mod parent up!

  7. http://shabork.250free.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    apache says all that needs to be said

  8. Apache? by QuickFord · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. Where are the rotors? The tailguns? What kind of helicopter is this????????????