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| author | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2001-09-22 18:53:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2001-09-22 18:53:20 +0000 |
| commit | 1bf05b9838e25403ff49e68c7ce8e26af90b6bd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d0f0997663688543686f0dea197117a28730949 /docs/manual/new_features_2_0.html.en | |
| parent | 64670c57ff3c8a851b66d37a4c9d1fe730e57c48 (diff) | |
| download | httpd-1bf05b9838e25403ff49e68c7ce8e26af90b6bd5.tar.gz | |
Ran w3c tidy on these as 'tidy -mi -asxml' to get xhtml. Please verify,
in particular, the non-english files, to make sure I did not screw
anything up. They look fine to me.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@91112 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/new_features_2_0.html.en b/docs/manual/new_features_2_0.html.en index 8bb0dc4944..8e519f8dd2 100644 --- a/docs/manual/new_features_2_0.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/new_features_2_0.html.en @@ -1,99 +1,121 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<HTML><HEAD> -<TITLE>New features with Apache 2.0</TITLE> -</HEAD> - -<!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> -<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" - VLINK="#000080" ALINK="#FF0000"> -<!--#include virtual="header.html" --> -<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Overview of New Features in Apache 2.0</H1> - -<P>Enhancements: <A HREF="#core">Core</A> | <a href="#module">Module</a> - -<P><HR> - -<H2><A NAME="core">Core Enhancements:</A></H2> - -<DL> -<DT><STRONG>Unix Threading</STRONG> -<DD>On Unix systems with POSIX threads support, Apache can now run in a - hybrid multiprocess, multithreaded mode. This should improve - scalability. - -<DT><STRONG>New Build System</STRONG> -<DD>The build system has been rewritten from scratch to be based on - autoconf and libtool. This makes Apache's configuration system more - similar to that of other packages. - -<DT><STRONG>Multiprotocol Support</STRONG> -<DD>Apache now has some of the infrastructure in place to support serving - multiple protocols. mod_echo has been written as an example. - -<DT><STRONG>Better support for non-Unix platforms</STRONG> <DD>Apache - 2.0 is faster and more stable on non-Unix platforms such as BeOS, - OS/2, and Windows. With the introduction of platform-specific <a - href="mpm.html">multi-processing modules</a> (MPMs) and the Apache - Portable Runtime (APR), these platforms are now implemented in their - native API, avoiding the often buggy and poorly performing - POSIX-emulation layers. - -<DT><STRONG>New Apache API</STRONG> -<DD>The API for modules has changed significantly for 2.0. Many of the - module-ordering problems from 1.3 should be gone. 2.0 does much of - this automatically, and module ordering is now done per-hook to - allow more flexibility. Also, new calls have been added that provide - additional module capabilities without patching the core Apache server. - -<DT><STRONG>IPv6 Support</STRONG></DT> -<DD>On systems where IPv6 is supported by the underlying Apache - Portable Runtime library, Apache gets IPv6 listening sockets by - default. Additionally, the Listen, NameVirtualHost, and - <VirtualHost> directives support IPv6 numeric address - strings (e.g., "Listen [fe80::1]:8080").</DD> - -<DT><STRONG>Filtering</STRONG></DT> -<DD>Apache modules may now be written as filters which act on the - stream of content as it is delivered to or from the server. This - allows, for example, the output of CGI scripts to be parsed for - Server Side Include directive by mod_include.</DD> - -</DL> - -<P><HR> - -<H2><A NAME="module">Module Enhancements:</A></H2> - -<dl> - -<dt><strong>mod_auth_db</strong> -<dd>Now supports Berkely DB 3.0 - -<dt><strong>mod_auth_digest</strong> -<dd>Includes additional support for session caching across processes -using shared memory. - -<dt><strong>mod_charset_lite</strong> <dd>New module in Apache 2.0. -This experimental module allows for character set translation -or recoding. - -<dt><strong>mod_dav</strong> -<dd>New module in Apache 2.0. This module implements the -HTTP Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) specification for -posting and maintaining web content. - -<dt><strong>mod_file_cache</strong> -<dd>New module in Apache 2.0. This module includes the functionality -of mod_mmap_static in Apache 1.3, plus adds further caching abilities. - -<dt><strong>mod_headers</strong> -<dd>This module is much more flexible in Apache 2.0. It can now -modify request headers used by mod_proxy, and it can conditionally set -response headers. - -</dl> - -<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> -</BODY> -</HTML> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> + + <title>New features with Apache 2.0</title> + </head> + <!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> + + <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" + vlink="#000080" alink="#FF0000"> + <!--#include virtual="header.html" --> + + <h1 align="CENTER">Overview of New Features in Apache 2.0</h1> + + <p>Enhancements: <a href="#core">Core</a> | <a + href="#module">Module</a></p> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="core" name="core">Core Enhancements:</a></h2> + + <dl> + <dt><strong>Unix Threading</strong></dt> + + <dd>On Unix systems with POSIX threads support, Apache can + now run in a hybrid multiprocess, multithreaded mode. This + should improve scalability.</dd> + + <dt><strong>New Build System</strong></dt> + + <dd>The build system has been rewritten from scratch to be + based on autoconf and libtool. This makes Apache's + configuration system more similar to that of other + packages.</dd> + + <dt><strong>Multiprotocol Support</strong></dt> + + <dd>Apache now has some of the infrastructure in place to + support serving multiple protocols. mod_echo has been written + as an example.</dd> + + <dt><strong>Better support for non-Unix + platforms</strong></dt> + + <dd>Apache 2.0 is faster and more stable on non-Unix + platforms such as BeOS, OS/2, and Windows. With the + introduction of platform-specific <a + href="mpm.html">multi-processing modules</a> (MPMs) and the + Apache Portable Runtime (APR), these platforms are now + implemented in their native API, avoiding the often buggy and + poorly performing POSIX-emulation layers.</dd> + + <dt><strong>New Apache API</strong></dt> + + <dd>The API for modules has changed significantly for 2.0. + Many of the module-ordering problems from 1.3 should be gone. + 2.0 does much of this automatically, and module ordering is + now done per-hook to allow more flexibility. Also, new calls + have been added that provide additional module capabilities + without patching the core Apache server.</dd> + + <dt><strong>IPv6 Support</strong></dt> + + <dd>On systems where IPv6 is supported by the underlying + Apache Portable Runtime library, Apache gets IPv6 listening + sockets by default. Additionally, the Listen, + NameVirtualHost, and <VirtualHost> directives support + IPv6 numeric address strings (e.g., "Listen + [fe80::1]:8080").</dd> + + <dt><strong>Filtering</strong></dt> + + <dd>Apache modules may now be written as filters which act on + the stream of content as it is delivered to or from the + server. This allows, for example, the output of CGI scripts + to be parsed for Server Side Include directive by + mod_include.</dd> + </dl> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="module" name="module">Module Enhancements:</a></h2> + + <dl> + <dt><strong>mod_auth_db</strong></dt> + + <dd>Now supports Berkely DB 3.0</dd> + + <dt><strong>mod_auth_digest</strong></dt> + + <dd>Includes additional support for session caching across + processes using shared memory.</dd> + + <dt><strong>mod_charset_lite</strong></dt> + + <dd>New module in Apache 2.0. This experimental module allows + for character set translation or recoding.</dd> + + <dt><strong>mod_dav</strong></dt> + + <dd>New module in Apache 2.0. This module implements the HTTP + Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) specification for + posting and maintaining web content.</dd> + + <dt><strong>mod_file_cache</strong></dt> + + <dd>New module in Apache 2.0. This module includes the + functionality of mod_mmap_static in Apache 1.3, plus adds + further caching abilities.</dd> + + <dt><strong>mod_headers</strong></dt> + + <dd>This module is much more flexible in Apache 2.0. It can + now modify request headers used by mod_proxy, and it can + conditionally set response headers.</dd> + </dl> + <!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> + </body> +</html> |