2 Last modified at [$Date: 2000/09/02 11:32:42 $]
7 2.0a6 : released August 18, 2000
8 2.0a5 : released August 4, 2000
9 2.0a4 : released June 7, 2000
10 2.0a3 : released April 28, 2000
11 2.0a2 : released March 31, 2000
12 2.0a1 : released March 10, 2000
16 * All of the bucket types must be implemented. The list can be found
17 in src/include/ap_buckets.h. May need to implement a bucket type
18 to mark the end of a subrequest content stream, and one to tell
19 filters to flush any pending content. See http_protocol.c:
20 ap_finalize_sub_req_protocol() and ap_rflush()
21 rbb says: Creating a bucket to signal end of sub-request ties
22 the filters to Apache. This can be handled very cleanly
23 by just inserting a sub-request filter. That filter would
24 be responsible for stripping off the EOS bucket for the
25 sub-request, and removing all vestiges of the request.
27 * Remove Buff and IOL from the code. To do this, a chunking and
28 translation filter must be written. This allows us to remove BUFF.
29 IOLs can be removed as soon as somebody gets to it.
31 * apachectl not being built or installed
33 * Win32: Get mod_auth_digest working under win32
34 - APR_HAS_RANDOM should be defined on windows and there is a
35 lib/apr/misc/win32/rand.c which is basically a copy of what
36 mod_auth_digest used to use.
39 Status: Manoj has posted an patch to fix this.
40 Message-ID: <20000825024943.A17578@manojk.users.mindspring.com>
42 * Win32: Enable the Windows MPM to honor max_requests_per_child
43 Status: Bill will fix this.
45 * Win32: Get Apache working on Windows 95/98. The following work
46 (at least) needs to be done:
47 - winnt MPM: Fix 95/98 code paths in the winnt MPM. There is some NT
48 specific code that is still not in NT only code paths
49 - IOL binds to APR sendfile, implemented with TransmitFile, which
50 is not available on 95/98.
52 * Win32: Test access logging with multiple threads. Will the
53 native file I/O calls serialize automagically like the
54 CRT calls or do we need to add region locking each time
58 * Win32: Complete the revamp the service environment and relocation
59 into the WinNT MPM. Changes ServerRoot service registry
60 parameter into ConfigArgs for multiple service startup parameters.
61 Problems to fix in the revamp: -k shutdown/restart are broken,
62 signals are not being acknowledged. Close window and shutdown
63 also seem out of sorts.
64 OtherBill is working on this
66 * Win32: fix build/run time environment to remove ApacheCore.dll
67 linkage from ab.exe and htdigest.exe.
69 * We need a thread-safe resolver, at least on Unix.
70 Status: The best known candidate would be something from
72 Status: Greg asks, "why? doesn't gethostbyname_r() handle this?"
74 * Modify mod_cgi and mod_cgid to deal with directories. This allows
75 a lot of directives to be removed from the core.
77 RELEASE NON-SHOWSTOPPERS BUT WOULD BE REAL NICE TO WRAP THESE UP:
78 * Combine log_child and piped_log_spawn. Clean up http_log.c.
81 * Create unified scoreboard API and implementation shared across
84 * Document mod_file_cache.
86 * OS/2: Get loadable modules working again. Requires shared core support
87 which doesn't appear to be catered for in the current build system.
89 * OS/2: Make mod_status work for spmt_os2 MPM.
91 * Build scripts do not recognise AIX 4.2.1 pthreads, so the
92 pthread MPMs will not build.
94 * Win32: Enable the winnt MPM to use the new scoreboard API
96 * Win32: Implement ap_shm_ functions in APR.
98 * Win32: Win9x console window still won't play nice with the
99 close window, logoff and shutdown scenarios.
101 * Win32: Add a simple hold console open patch (wait for close or
102 the ESC key, with a nice message) if the server died a bad
103 death (non-zero exit code) in console mode.
105 * Platforms that do not support fork (primarily Win32 and AS/400)
106 Consider introducing HAVE_FORK feature macro. Architect start-up code
107 that avoids initializing all the modules in the parent process on
108 platforms that do not support fork.
110 * Win32: Migrate the MPM over to use APR thread/process calls. This
111 would eliminate some code in the Win32 branch that essentially
112 duplicates what is in APR.
114 Bill says we need a new procattr, APR_CREATE_SUSPENDED (or
115 something similar) to direct ap_create_process to create the
116 process suspended. We also need a call to wake up the suspended
117 process This may not be able to be implemented everywhere though.
119 * There are still a number of places in the code where we are
120 loosing error status (i.e. throwing away the error returned by a
121 system call and replacing it with a generic error code)
123 * Win32: Implement reliable piped logs on Windows
125 * The connection status table is not very efficient. Also, very few stats
126 are exported to the connection status table (easy to fix), and mod_status
129 * Mass vhosting version of suEXEC.
131 * Replace tables with a proper opaque ADT that has pluggable
132 implementations (including something like the existing data type,
133 plus hash tables for speed, with options for more later).
134 Status: fanf is working on this.
136 * configuration option to use *DBM
137 Status: Greg +1 (volunteers)
139 * add SDBM into src/lib/sdbm/ as a default/fallback DBM implementation.
140 SDBM is used by Perl, mod_dav, mod_sssl, others for basic DBM support.
141 Status: Greg +1 (volunteers)
144 Message-id: <20000625173247.M29590@lyra.org>
145 Status: works. passes initial regression testing. Joe Orton
146 reports success with his "cadaver" tool.
147 Some additional items remaining:
148 - case_preserved_filename stuff
149 - fix and re-enable sdbm_lock.c
150 - find a new home for ap_text(_header)
151 - is it possible to remove the DAV: namespace stuff from util_xml?
153 * ap_core_translate() and its use by mod_mmap_static are a bit wonky.
154 The function should probably be exposed as a utility function (such
155 as ap_translate_url2fs() or ap_validate_fs_url() or something).
156 Another approach would be a new hook phase after "translate" which
157 would allow mod_mmap_static to munge what the translation has
159 Status: Greg +1 (volunteers), Ryan +1
161 * Go through ap_config.h and namespace-protect the symbols (e.g. USE_*).
162 Some symbols can/should move to mpm_common.h where possible.
164 * Explore use of a post-config hook for the code in http_main.c which
165 calls ap_fixup_virutal_hosts(), ap_fini_vhost_config(), and
166 ap_sort_hooks() [to reduce the logic in main()]
168 * read the config tree just once, and process N times (as necessary)
170 * add a version number to ap_initialize() as an extra failsafe against
171 (APR) library version skew.
172 MsgID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005231712380.31927-100000@nebula.lyra.org>
173 Status: Greg +1 (volunteers), Jeff +1, Ryan +1, Tony -0(?)
175 * mod_info to use the configuration tree
177 PRs that have been suspended forever waiting for someone to
178 put them into 'the next release':
181 reporting of referer in error_log
185 missing call to "setlocale();"
189 Additional status for XBitHack directive
193 Questionable performace of mod_dir() with negotiation
197 Mod_proxy doesn't allow change of error pages
201 Modified PATH environemnt variable is not passed, instead
206 Proxy doesn't deliver documents if not connected
210 proxy converts ~name to %7Ename when name starts with a dot (.)
214 mod_access syntax allows hosts that should be restricted
217 * PR#557: mod_auth-any
218 ~UserHome directories are not honored in absolute pathname
222 * PR#573: mod_log-any
223 More LogFormat directives
227 Proxy FTP Authentication Fails
230 * PR#623: mod_include
231 A smarter "Last Modified" value for SSI documents (see PR number 600)
235 Request of "Options SymLinksIfGroupMatch"
238 * PR#697: mod_include
239 A security tweak I've been using for a few years for SSI
243 Proxy doesn't do links right for OpenVMS files through ftp:
247 imap should read <MAP><AREA>*</MAP> too!
251 RLimitCPU and RLimitMEM don't apply to all children like they should
255 Uses cwd before filling it in, doesn't use syslog
259 it is useful to allow specifiction that root-owned symlinks
260 should always be followed
264 Controlling Access to Remote Proxies would be nice...
268 Adding authentication "on the fly" through the proxy module
271 * PR#1004: apache-api
272 request_config field in request_rec is moderately bogus
276 DoS attacks involving memory consumption
279 * PR#1050: mod_log-any
280 Logging of virtual server to error_log as well
284 ProxyRemote make a dead cycle.
287 * PR#1117: mod_auth-any
288 Using NIS passwd.byname dbm files with AuthDBMUserFile
292 suexec does not parse arguments to #exec cmd
295 * PR#1145: mod_include
296 Allow for Last-Modified: without resorting to XBitHack
300 insufficent AllowOverrides granularity for autoindexing
303 * PR#1158: apache-api
304 improvements to child spawning API
308 ``nph-'' not honored (no buffering) for ProxyRemote mapping
312 Apache cannot handle continuation line in headers
316 setlogin() is not called, causing problems with e.g. identd
320 regerror() exists, use it
323 * PR#1233: apache-api
324 there is no way to keep per-connection per-module state
328 Add frame-safe anchor attribute to mod_autoindex links
332 CGI scripts running as Apache user: security (suexec etc.)
336 Error messages could be easier to spot in cgi.log file for suexec.c
339 * PR#1287: mod_access
340 add allow,deny/deny,allow warning to mod_access
344 Need to know "hit-rate" on proxy cache
347 * PR#1358: mod_log-any
348 Selective url-encode of log fields (or maybe a pseudo
352 * PR#1383: mod_headers
353 I make mod_headers to modify request headers as well as
358 Proxy transfer logging
362 No HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR set...
366 ProxyRemote proxy requests fail authentication by firewall
369 * PR#1574: mod_autoindex
370 ReadmeName and HeaderName don't allow for server-parsed html.
373 * PR#1582: mod_rewrite
374 mod_rewrite forms REQUEST_URI different than mod_cgi does
377 * PR#1677: mod_headers
378 mod_headers should allow mod_log_config-style formats in
383 mod_proxy to support persistent conns?
386 * PR#1803: mod_include
387 patches to mod_include to allow for file tests
390 * PR#1809: mod_auth-any
391 Suggestion for improving authentication modules and core source
392 code, problem with 401 and ErrorDocument
395 * PR#1855: mod_autoindex
396 More Control over autoindex layout
400 listing of proxy cache content
404 Allow modules to set user:group for execution.
407 * PR#2024: apache-api
408 adding auth_why to conn_rec
411 * PR#2073: mod_log-any
412 pipelined connections are not logged correctly
415 * PR#2074: mod_rewrite
416 mod_rewrite doesn't pass Proxy Throughput on internal subrequests
420 HTTP Server Rebuild Line Needs Changing for the better
423 * PR#2138: mod_status
424 mod_status always displays 256 possible connection slots
427 * PR#2221: documentation
428 Make online documentation search link back to my installation
432 Can not POST to ErrorDocument - Apache/1.3b6
436 patterns in ProxyRemote
439 * PR#2343: mod_status
440 Status module averages are for entire uptime
444 suexec for general access of user content?
448 Proposal for TimeZone directive
452 /server-info doesn't check for the virtual host to list the info
456 problem specifying ndbm library for build ?with autoconfigure
460 A small addition to rotatelogs.c to improve program functionality.
464 AllowOverride FileInfo is too coarse
468 TimeOut applies to output of CGI scripts
471 * PR#2512: mod_access
472 <IfDenied> directive wanted
476 CGI's for general use still have to be run as another user
481 Cache file names in Proxy module
485 [PATCH] User/Group for <Directory> and <Location> i.e. not only
486 in global and <Virtual>.
490 mailto tags and bundling bug report script
493 * PR#2772: mod_log-any
498 Support for System Resource Controller
502 When will Apache support P3P? Any Plans?
506 Feedback/Comment on APACI
510 Inclusion of RPM spec file in CVS/distributions
514 Propose that Apache recommend $UNIQUE_ID for all "session id"
519 suggestion: power up your Include directive :)
523 cannot limit some HTTP methods
526 * PR#3026: mod_autoindex
527 No way to change ReadmeName/HeaderName suffixes.
530 * PR#3143: apache-api
531 No module specific data hook for per-connection data
535 Configuration file in Japanese
538 * PR#3191: mod_negotiation
539 no way to set global quality-of-source (qs) coneg values
543 * PR#3430: mod_negotiation
544 Enhancement: MultiViews, Multi-Language Documents
548 Accessing URL through proxy server corrupts data.
551 * PR#3594: os-windows
552 Please add an Apache icon to the systray instead of a DOS window
556 Some anonymous FTP URLs ask for authentication
559 * PR#3654: mod_autoindex
560 BORDER=0 makes Icons look nicer (FancyIndexing)
564 New ErrorDocumentMatch directive
567 * PR#4180: os-windows
568 Alternative for win95 users
572 Need to be able to override shebang line to make CGI scripts
577 "Files" and "FilesMatch" regexp does not recognize bang as
581 * PR#4448: mod_log-any
582 Please allow CGI env variables (QUERY_STRING, ...) to be logged
587 apache provides no way to do a wildcard/global NameVirtualHost
590 * PR#4459: mod_include
591 Suggestion for better handling of Last-modified headers
595 mod_cgi prevents handling of OPTIONS requests
598 * PR#4520: mod_autoindex
599 mod_autoindex does not generate Last-Modified response headers
602 * PR#4658: os-windows
603 The output of CGI scripts appears in the window that apache
612 Apache header files should have a private name, e.g.
613 #include "apache/httpd.h"
616 * PR#5713: os-windows
617 [PATCH] install as service with domain account
621 AllowOverride should have a 'CheckNone' and 'AllowNone' argument
622 instead of only 'None'
626 MIME types for MNG and JNG files need adding to mime.types and
627 the mime.types and magic files
628 Status: Waiting for IANA types to be defined
630 Other bugs that need fixing:
632 * MaxRequestsPerChild measures connections, not requests.
633 Until someone has a better way, we'll probably just rename it
634 "MaxConnectionsPerChild".
636 * Regex containers don't work in an intutive way
637 Status: No one has come up with an efficient way to fix this
638 behavior. Dean has suggested getting rid of regex containers
641 * SIGSEGV on Linux (glibc 2.1.2) isn't caught properly by a
642 sigwaiting thread. We need to work around this, perhaps unless
643 there is hope soon for a fixed glibc.
645 * The MM library is built as static and shared library. This should
646 be set up to build only the required version.
648 Other features that need writing:
650 * Finish infrastructure in core for async MPMs
653 * TODO in source -- just do an egrep on "TODO" and see what's there
655 Documentation that needs writing:
656 * Mod_status docs are needed.
658 * The concept of MPMs, especially if we ship more than one MPM for a
661 * New directives in the various MPMs and appropriate links from
662 obsolete directives in core.html to the MPM documentation.
664 * Revise manual/stopping.html and the last part of
665 manual/misc/perf-tuning.html to take account of the MPMs.
668 Status: Ben Laurie has written some hooks documentation
669 (apache-2.0/htdocs/hooks.html)
671 * Changes since 1.3.9 can be more easily seen in the commitlog file
672 dev.apache.org:/home/cvs/CVSROOT/commitlogs/apache-2.0
673 which includes some of Roy's comments when the changes were
674 committed in rough change-sets by purpose. Note that the commitlog
675 does not show the contents of new files until later.
679 * Mike Abbott's <mja@trudge.engr.sgi.com> patches to improve
681 Status: These were written for 1.3, and are awaiting a port to
684 * Jim Winstead's <jimw@trainedmonkey.com> patch to add CookieDomain and
685 other small mod_usertrack features
687 * Dan Rench's <drench@xnet.com> patch to add allow the errmsg and timefmt
688 of SSI's to be modified in the config file. Patch is available in
693 * What do we do about mod_proxy?
695 * Which MPMs will be included with Apache 2.0?
697 * Is conf/highperformance.conf-dist obsolete? It looks obsolete.