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APACHE 2.4 STATUS:                        -*- mode: text; coding: utf-8 -*-
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The current version of this file can be found at:

  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS

Documentation status is maintained separately and can be found at:

  * docs/STATUS in this source tree, or
  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/STATUS

The current development branch of this software can be found at:

  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk

Consult the following STATUS files for information on related projects:

  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/STATUS
  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.4.x/STATUS

Patches considered for backport are noted in their branches' STATUS:

  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/STATUS
  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
  * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS



Release history:
    [NOTE that x.{odd}.z versions are strictly Alpha/Beta releases,
          while x.{even}.z versions are Stable/GA releases.]

    2.4.10  : In development.
    2.4.9   : Tagged on March 13, 2014.
    2.4.8   : Tagged on March 11, 2014. Not released.
    2.4.7   : Tagged on November 19, 2013. Released on Nov 25, 2013
    2.4.6   : Tagged on July 15, 2013. Released July, 22, 2013
    2.4.5   : Tagged on July 11, 2013, not released.
    2.4.4   : Tagged on February 18, 2013. Released Feb 25, 2013
    2.4.3   : Tagged on August 17, 2012. Released Aug 18, 2012
    2.4.2   : Tagged on April 5, 2012. Released Apr 17, 2012.
    2.4.1   : Tagged on February 13, 2012. Released Feb 21, 2012.
    2.4.0   : Tagged on January 16, 2012, not released.
    2.3.16  : Tagged on December 15, 2011.
    2.3.15  : Tagged on November 8, 2011. Released Nov. 15, 2011.
    2.3.14  : Tagged on August 1, 2011. Released Aug. 9, 2011.
    2.3.13  : Tagged on June 28, 2011, not released.
    2.3.12  : Tagged on May 11, 2011. Released May 23, 2011.
    2.3.11  : Released as Beta on March 7, 2011.
    2.3.10  : Tagged on December 13, 2010. Released Dec 21, 2010.
    2.3.9   : Tagged on November 23, 2010, not released.
    2.3.8   : Tagged on August 24, 2010.
    2.3.7   : Tagged on August 19, 2010, not released.
    2.3.6   : Released on June 21, 2010.
    2.3.5   : Released on January 26, 2010.
    2.3.4   : Released on December 8, 2009.
    2.3.3   : Tagged on November 11, 2009, not released.
    2.3.2   : Tagged on March 23, 2009, not released.
    2.3.1   : Tagged on January 2, 2009, not released.
    2.3.0   : Tagged on December 6, 2008, not released.

Contributors looking for a mission:

  * Just do an egrep on "TODO" or "XXX" in the source.

  * Review the bug database at: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/

  * Review the "PatchAvailable" bugs in the bug database:

    https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Apache+httpd-2&keywords=PatchAvailable

    After testing, you can append a comment saying "Reviewed and tested".

  * Open bugs in the bug database.

  * See also the STATUS file in the docs/ directory, which lists documentation-specific TODO items.


CURRENT RELEASE NOTES:

  * Forward binary compatibility is expected of Apache 2.4.x releases, such
    that no MMN major number changes will occur after 2.4.1.  Such changes can
    only be made in the trunk.

  * All commits to branches/2.4.x must be reflected in SVN trunk,
    as well, if they apply.  Logical progression is commit to trunk
    then merge into branches/2.4.x, as applicable.

  * Current exceptions for RTC for this branch:
    . mod_lua
    . documentation
    . non-Unix build
    . non-Unix, single-platform code

RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:


PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
  [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]

   * mod_auth_form: Make sure the optional functions are loaded even when
    the AuthFormProvider isn't specified. PR 56351.
    trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1531672
    2.4.x patch: trunk patch works, modulo CHANGES
    +1: minfrin, jim, ylavic

   * rotatelogs: Avoid zombie processes on modern UNIX platforms
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1587255
     +1: druggeri, ylavic, covener

   * Merge mod_authnz_fcgi from trunk.
     trunk:
       http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/aaa/mod_authnz_fcgi.c
       http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authnz_fcgi.xml
         and a line each in CMakeLists.txt and modules/aaa/config.m4
         (It was never added to other build systems.)
       See the 2.4.x patch mergeinfo for trunk revisions.  I've also added a tiny
       part of r1522544 to create an entry in os/win32/BaseAddr.ref.
     2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~trawick/authnz_fcgi-2.4.txt
       The patch includes generated doc changes in order to carry eol-style.
     +1: trawick, jim
     +1: gsmith, please include r1588054 (tradional Win build) 

PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
  [ New proposals should be added at the end of the list ]

   * mod_slotmem_shm: Remove wonky and dangerous code that knows about APR
     internals. We work fine w/o it anyway at this stage.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1561385
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: jim, ylavic

   * proxy_util.c: Allow mod_rewrite to also use UDS for proxied links.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1543174
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1560367
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1560546
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1560689
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1560979
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1561137
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1561660
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
                  http://people.apache.org/~jim/patches/uds-rewrite.patch
     +1: jim, humbedooh
         ylavic: still being worked on, see issues here in the following thread
                 https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@httpd.apache.org/msg59276.html
         jim:    Isn't the issue an additional "feature" and not
                 a bug in the as-documented behavior?
         ylavic: You're right, I'll add another proposal: -1 reverted.

   * mod_deflate: Fix decompression of files larger than 4GB. According to RFC1952,
                  Input SIZE contains the size of the original input data modulo 2^32.
                  PR 56062.
     Submitted by: [Lukas Bezdicka <social v3 sk>]
     Committed by: jkaluza
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1572092
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: ylavic
     ylavic: does not depend on r1572655 and al or r1572896 and al below,
             these proposals can be backported in any order.

   * mod_deflate: Fix reentrance in output and input filters (buffering of
                  incomplete Zlib header or validation bytes). PR 46146.
     trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1572655
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1572663
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1572668
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1572669
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1572670
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1572671
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1573224
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1586745
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1587594
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1587639
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: ylavic
     ylavic: does not depend on r1572092 above or r1572896 and al below,
             these proposals can be backported in any order.

   * mod_deflate: Don't fail when asked to flush inflated data to the user-agent
                  and that coincides with the end of stream ("Zlib error flushing
                  inflate buffer"). PR 56196.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1572896
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1572911
     Submitted by: [Christoph Fausak <christoph fausak glueckkanja com>]
     Committed by: ylavic
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: ylavic
     ylavic: does not depend on r1572092 or r1572655 and al above,
             these proposals can be backported in any order.

   * mod_authn_socache: Fix creation of default socache_instance. Fixes crash
                        on startup if default socache_provider is used and
                        AuthnCacheEnable or AuthnCacheProvideFor is used.
                        This problem has been introduced in r1531961.
                        PR 56371.
     Submitted/Committed by: jkaluza
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1576233
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: ylavic

   * mod_alias: Fix segfault in mod_alias introduced in r1132494.
     AliasMatch does not append unmatched parts of the original URI
     to the new URI. So no need to subtract anything from the new URI length.
     The existing code crashed when using "AliasMatch / /some/thing" and
     sending a request with a long URI.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1583175
     2.4.x patch: trunk works
     +1: rjung,
     -1: covener would rather take this oppty to remove it from AliasMatch, the
         prefix and docroot don't make sense.

   * mod_ssl: Add SSLOCSPUseRequestNonce directive to control whether or not
     OCSP requests should use a nonce to be checked against the responder's
     one. PR 56233.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1583191
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1584098
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1584665 (manual: use 2.4's backport
                                                  version instead of temporary
                                                  2.5-dev <compatibility> ref)
     2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
     +1: ylavic

   * mod_expires: don't add Expires header to error responses (4xx/5xx),
                  be they generated or forwarded. PR 55669.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1584430
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1584434
     2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
     +1: ylavic, covener

   * mod_ssl: bring SNI behavior into better conformance with RFC 6066
     (also addresses PR 56241)
     trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1585090
     2.4.x patch: trunk patch works (modulo CHANGES)
     +1: kbrand

   * mod_ssl: only read "active" values from the key_files array (PR 56306)
     trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1585918
     2.4.x patch: trunk patch works (modulo CHANGES)
     +1: kbrand, ylavic

   * mod_ssl: reverse the order when merging global and vhost-level config
     arrays (PR 56353)
     trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1585919
     2.4.x patch: trunk patch works (modulo CHANGES)
     +1: kbrand, ylavic

   * core: synch with trunk
       - follow-up to r813376: finish reverting r808965 (ServerTokens set foo)
       - tweak syntax strings for ServerTokens
     trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/r1514255
                  https://svn.apache.org/r1514267
     2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jailletc36/r1514255.patch
     +1: jailletc36, gsmith

   * mod_proxy_wstunnel: wstunnel rollup for connection handling
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1587036 (set backend->close)
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1587040 (remove reqtimeout)
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1587053 (poll fixes / frontend connection close)
                  http://svn.apache.org/r1587654 (set backend->close)
     2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/patches/httpd-2.4.x-wstunnel.diff 
     +1: covener

   *) mod_headers: allow expr= in the value argument of Header/RequestHeader
      trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1546801
      2.4.x patch: trunk works
      +1 covener, gsmith

OTHER PROPOSALS

   * A list of further possible backports can be found at: 
     http://people.apache.org/~rjung/patches/possible-backports-httpd-trunk-2_4.txt
     If you want to propose one of those, please add them above.


PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE BEING WORKED


PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED

  * core: Stop the HTTP_IN filter from attempting to write error buckets
    to the output filters
    trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1482522
                 https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1482918
    2.4.x patch: /* working on it */
    +1:  jim

  * mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
    504 Gateway Timout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway
    trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1480058
    2.4.x patch: trunk patch works modulo CHANGES
    +1:
    -1: rpluem: This change is still disputed. See
        http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201305.mbox/%3C1B16B9E3-87BA-4EEF-939C-7C7313B54714%40gbiv.com%3E

  * cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will be
    compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
    Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
    Trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1327907
                   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328390
                   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328714
    2.4 patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-cross_compile.diff
    fuankg: on hold until we agree for a better and more simple solution ...

   * mod_ssl: Add support for Next Protocol Negotiation.
     Trunk patch:
       http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1332643
     2.4.x patch:
       Trunk patch works.
     +1: ben
     sf says: Needs r1345599, too.
              And wrowe's comment about the 2.2 patch is also valid for 2.4:
              http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1354823

   * Makefile.win: Added copying of .vbs / .wsf CGIs to Windows install target.
                   Moved fixing of shebang to separate target so that it is
                   no longer executed by default and all CGIs remain inactive.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1387984
                  http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421203
                  http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421591
     2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-Makefile.win.diff
     +1 fuankg, gsmith
     -.8: trawick
          This commit is essentially deciding that an httpd install on
          Windows now has printenv/testcgi written in 2 more languages.
          To the extent that the usefulness is that it shows how to make scripts
          of these types executable by httpd, I believe that the documentation
          is the proper place to solve that.  To the extent that the usefullness
          is to show how to implement a CGI in these particular languages, I believe
          that the httpd distribution and documentation in general is not the
          place for that.  Historically these types of scripts have caused problems
          for downstream vendorsas well as newbies (and sometimes the intersection
          of those two groups) who don't understand that these are information leaks
          once they are enabled, and the subtlety of the way they are disabled ("Apache
          messed up the first line; let me fix that") contributes to that.
     fuankg notes: I've just added a big warning to all CGI scripts which should now
          make absolutely clear that these CGIs are for testing purpose only - so those
          who enable those scripts with inserting the right shebang should be 100% aware
          of any risks (this should cover your last point).
     jim: trawick, does the above address your concerns?
     trawick: to some extent (somebody reading the script gets an idea)
          Why isn't the configuration requirement documented instead
          of described indirectly in a sample?
          Why are these new samples added to the install without three
          votes?  (I didn't veto it; put your name next to the two
          existing ones and I'll be satisified that enough people
          considered this addition as an appropriate solution for a
          real httpd usability problem.)
     wrowe: I'd agree with trawick, and suggest that these scripts can begin
            their life somewhere in the manual/ tree.  This really seems like
            the place where /usr/share/httpd/examples/ would be useful, but
            there isn't an ordinary directory for that.  Since we want none
            of the scripts to function 'out of the box', what about a new
            cgi-examples/ dir alongside cgi-bin/? Otherwise manual/cgi/examples
            might work?