On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 23:37, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > Le sam 15/02/2003 � 03:01, James Sparenberg a �crit : > > Gongrats ....Great timing as well. We have (my company) recently > > uncovered a number of bugs with php and apache 2 on RH so I look forward > > to your stuff working. I'll be grabbing and installing tonight.(or > > maybe in the am) Simple enough need on our part. Check boxes that > > allow you to check more than one. (BTW the test script works in pre 8.0 > > RH all MDK and SuSE.) > > Yeah, there were a lot of bugs in the previous versions, and RedHat > jumped too quick. > > Apache 2.0.44 and PHP 4.3.0+CVS patches is the first version that works > correctly. That's why it took so long for me to move it from contribs to > cooker. > > Irony is some people think Mandrake ships bleeding-edge packages that > are often not tested and contain bugs, while RedHat is supposedly more > stable. They are proven wrong on this one ;-) > > Jean-Michel
Jean-Michel Hope you don't mind but I'm forwarding this comment on to my management people. You've stated very well what I felt the first time I got abused by 8.0. *grin*... James > > > > > James > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 13:11, Oden Eriksson wrote: > > > fredagen den 14 februari 2003 19.50 skrev Mandrakesoft packages database: > > > > apache 2 replaces apache 1 > > > > > > > > These packages has been moved from cooker contrib to cooker main: > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > - apache2-2.0.44-4mdk.i586 > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > Finally! > > > > > > Yihaa!, ride on! > > > > > > (something for the mandrake-whatever-* site?) > > > > > > Here's my summarized apache2 story (draft): > > > > > > This journey begun for me sometime in april 2002 trying to figure out this > > > apache2 beast, it wasn't easy, let me tell you... Me and Jean-Michel Dault of > > > MandrakeSoft came to a mutual understanding I could give it a shot. So I did, > > > and it really turned out ot be a daunting task. I've spent soooo many hours > > > with the beast I don't even want to think about it.... (it's almost a year > > > ago now...) Redhat got chicken at the 2.0.40 release (they're still > > > stucked), but not I, I just kept going like a duracell bunny... I refused to > > > recognize each release as final, and bingo!. Here we are..., just like > > > lightening..., with a final API! (2.0.44). The work (my work) has payed off, > > > all those hours of agony and despair is finally to an end for me and you > > > fellow apachees. > > > > > > I present to you apache2 and its apachees, shaped and forged into Mandrake. > > > > > > Good luck to everyone, and have a smooth pleasant ride with this beast! > > > > > > Great thanks goes to Jean-Michel Dault of MandrakeSoft, Christian Belisle, > > > myself, and a handful of other cookers. Jean-Michel Dault now has more than > > > Gabrielle to take care of. Take good care of business J-M! > > > > > > "I usally don't "speak" this much, but I thought I had to this time. I'm > > > pretty damned proud we could get this far! I hope the ASF community agrees on > > > this one too. Damned it, I'm pretty proud on my behalf too :-)" > > > > > >
