On 09.11.2012 16:10, Mark Phippard wrote:
> I know many of you are part of the httpd project, and I am not, so asking here.
>
> With the current Apache 2.2.x and 2.4.x there are no more Windows
> downloads available. Does anyone know why? I do not see anything on
> the mailing lists, but maybe I am just missing it.
I expect wrowe just got tired of/ran out of time for building the
Windows httpd binaries. That was a one-man-band volunteer effort, and
since binaries aren't blessed release artefacts anyway, there's little
chance of someone else stepping up.
> I can understand that maybe whoever was building the Win32 binaries
> stopped, or did not have time, but I am actually talking about the
> source code. There is no Win32 zip file as there always has been in
> the past. And there are no notes that say you should use the Unix tar
> to build. I was under the impression in the past, that the process of
> producing the Windows source zip file produced some extra content that
> was needed to do a build. That said, the docs do not specifically say
> anything about what source to download.
Producing that Windows zip file, and the build scripts within, and
generally maintaining the Windows build env was also a one-man effort.
> Did they stop posting the Windows zip file because it just is not
> needed, or is something going on?
At this point I have to point out that, strictly speaking, this is kind
of the wrong list to ask those questions. :)
> I am dealing with some weirdness
> that only happens on Windows, and did not happen with 2.2.22, so want
> to be sure it is not because I am building with the wrong source.
The only difference between the Unix and Windows tarballs was the build
scripts and the line endings. With the (finally) demise of MSVC 6, which
required CRLF in .dsp and .dsw files, line endings are definitely no
longer an issue.
-- Brane
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Branko Čibej
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Received on 2012-11-09 19:42:16 CET