Apache HTTP Server 2.2.0 Released

The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project are
pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.0 of the Apache HTTP
Server ("Apache").

We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available, and
encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.

Apache HTTP Server 2.2.0 is available for download from:

http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

Apache 2.2 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance
boosts over the 2.0 codebase. For an overview of new features
introduced since 2.0 please see:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html

Please see the CHANGES_2.2 file, linked from the download page, for a
full list of changes.

This release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.2.2
bundled with the tar and zip distributions. The APR libraries libapr,
libaprutil, and (on Win32) libapriconv must all be updated to ensure
binary compatibility and address many known platform bugs.

This release has been through extensive testing, including live at some
of the world's busiest sites, and is now considered stable. This means
that modules and applications developed for Apache 2.2.0 will be both
source- and binary-compatible with future 2.2.x releases. This release
builds on and extends the Apache 2.0 API. Modules written for Apache 2.0
will need to be recompiled in order to run with Apache 2.2, but no
substantial reworking should be necessary.

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/http...2.x/VERSIONING

Known Issues

Some non-showstopping issues were found during the 2.2.0 release
and testing cycle:

* mod_dbd and mod_authn_dbd are absent from the Windows build
environment. A patch to correct this is available from:

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/pat...pply_to_2.2.0/

* If you are installing on a system with apr/apr-util 1.0 or 1.1
installed, you must build apr/apr-util 1.2 manually. See:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ins...l#requirements

When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please bear in mind
that if you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs, you must
ensure that any modules you will be using (and the libraries they depend
on) are thread-safe.

Hi,
I visited the link you have specified. I want to build the http server
on Windows from its source. But the source for Windows is not available
for the new version. Can you tell me why are there different sources
for Windows and Unix

smiletolead wrote:
> Hi,
> I visited the link you have specified. I want to build the http server
> on Windows from its source. But the source for Windows is not available
> for the new version. Can you tell me why are there different sources
> for Windows and Unix
>
There aren't. There are just different packages: windows users are
familiar with .zip and .msi, while unix users are familiar with
gzipped or bzipped tar packaging, and there's the issue of lineends.

Of course, chances are anyone capable of building on windows is likely
to have no problem unpacking .tar.gz, just as a unix user can extract
from .zip. So that's arguably superfluous:-)

--
Nick Kew

Nick Kew wrote:
> There aren't. There are just different packages: windows users are
> familiar with .zip and .msi, while unix users are familiar with
> gzipped or bzipped tar packaging, and there's the issue of lineends.

They are different. The Windows versions include apr-iconv stuff and
other things that aren't in the Unix sources. Try building a Unix source
tarball on Windows and watch what happens.

On 07 Dec 2005, "smiletolead" <developeratca@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1133939732.954870.100380@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com:

> I visited the link you have specified. I want to build the http
> server on Windows from its source. But the source for Windows is
> not available for the new version.

It is now:

httpd-2.2.0-win32-src-rev2.zip
05-Dec-2005 09:24
9.2M
HTTP Server project

Isn't that it?

=( Where can I find the Windows Installer for Apache 2.2? I dont have
the means to compile the source for Apache on Win32. Thanks!

Nil wrote:
> On 07 Dec 2005, "smiletolead" <developeratca@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:1133939732.954870.100380@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com:
>
> > I visited the link you have specified. I want to build the http
> > server on Windows from its source. But the source for Windows is
> > not available for the new version.
>
> It is now:
>
> httpd-2.2.0-win32-src-rev2.zip
> 05-Dec-2005 09:24
> 9.2M
> HTTP Server project
>
> Isn't that it?

king.latino@gmail.com said:

> =( Where can I find the Windows Installer for Apache 2.2? I dont have
> the means to compile the source for Apache on Win32. Thanks!

Please don't top post, thanks.

Did you even bother to look at the apache site for the download? It's in
the list, clear as day.

<mirror>
http://apache.towardex.com/httpd/htt...2-src-rev2.zip
</mirror>

--
Eggs

Did Noah keep his bees in archives?

I am not sure what "topping posts" means.

This is actually only my second post.

Anyhow I did indeed look at the Apache mirror sites to download the src
files,

however if you would have PAID ATTENTION TO MY ACTUAL POST rather than
worrying about my posting ethics, you would have noticed that im asking
for the WINDOWS INSTALLAR (MSI) since "I dont have the means to compile
the source for Apache on Win32"

I was unable to locate any file */httpd/httpd-2.2.0-win32*.msi, plain
as day it was not there. However there are plenty of 2.0 versions ready
to download.

Thanks for nothing.

I suppose since 2.2 is so new they dont even have an MSI out for it
yet.

Bother.
--
King

King Latino said:

> I am not sure what "topping posts" means.
>
> This is actually only my second post.

It's putting your reply at the top of the message, and the quoted text
afterward. It makes following the thread more difficult. It makes much more
sense to insert your replies, where they are appropriate, interspersed
within the quoted message.

>
> Anyhow I did indeed look at the Apache mirror sites to download the src
> files,
>
> however if you would have PAID ATTENTION TO MY ACTUAL POST rather than
> worrying about my posting ethics, you would have noticed that im asking
> for the WINDOWS INSTALLAR (MSI) since "I dont have the means to compile
> the source for Apache on Win32"

Yep. My bad, I misread your intent. If you're running Win2K or higher, you
could install the SDK available as a download (400mb) from M$, and awk,
available from cm.bell-labs.com, and then have the newest version as soon
as it's released. It's not that difficult to compile from the source. There
are step-by-step instructions at apache.org.

>
> I was unable to locate any file */httpd/httpd-2.2.0-win32*.msi, plain
> as day it was not there. However there are plenty of 2.0 versions ready
> to download.
>
> Thanks for nothing.

Piss off. I misread what you wanted, so sue me. =P

>
> I suppose since 2.2 is so new they dont even have an MSI out for it
> yet.
>
> Bother.


I'm sure it will be along shortly. It always is. =)

--
Eggs

-Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.