1 APACHE 2.4 STATUS: -*- mode: text; coding: utf-8 -*-
2 Last modified at [$Date$]
4 The current version of this file can be found at:
6 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
8 Documentation status is maintained separately and can be found at:
10 * docs/STATUS in this source tree, or
11 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/STATUS
13 The current development branch of this software can be found at:
15 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk
17 Consult the following STATUS files for information on related projects:
19 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/STATUS
20 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
21 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
23 Patches considered for backport are noted in their branches' STATUS:
25 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/STATUS
26 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
27 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
32 [NOTE that x.{odd}.z versions are strictly Alpha/Beta releases,
33 while x.{even}.z versions are Stable/GA releases.]
35 2.4.10 : Tagged on July 15, 2014.
36 2.4.9 : Tagged on March 13, 2014. Released on March 17, 2014
37 2.4.8 : Tagged on March 11, 2014. Not released.
38 2.4.7 : Tagged on November 19, 2013. Released on Nov 25, 2013
39 2.4.6 : Tagged on July 15, 2013. Released July, 22, 2013
40 2.4.5 : Tagged on July 11, 2013, not released.
41 2.4.4 : Tagged on February 18, 2013. Released Feb 25, 2013
42 2.4.3 : Tagged on August 17, 2012. Released Aug 18, 2012
43 2.4.2 : Tagged on April 5, 2012. Released Apr 17, 2012.
44 2.4.1 : Tagged on February 13, 2012. Released Feb 21, 2012.
45 2.4.0 : Tagged on January 16, 2012, not released.
46 2.3.16 : Tagged on December 15, 2011.
47 2.3.15 : Tagged on November 8, 2011. Released Nov. 15, 2011.
48 2.3.14 : Tagged on August 1, 2011. Released Aug. 9, 2011.
49 2.3.13 : Tagged on June 28, 2011, not released.
50 2.3.12 : Tagged on May 11, 2011. Released May 23, 2011.
51 2.3.11 : Released as Beta on March 7, 2011.
52 2.3.10 : Tagged on December 13, 2010. Released Dec 21, 2010.
53 2.3.9 : Tagged on November 23, 2010, not released.
54 2.3.8 : Tagged on August 24, 2010.
55 2.3.7 : Tagged on August 19, 2010, not released.
56 2.3.6 : Released on June 21, 2010.
57 2.3.5 : Released on January 26, 2010.
58 2.3.4 : Released on December 8, 2009.
59 2.3.3 : Tagged on November 11, 2009, not released.
60 2.3.2 : Tagged on March 23, 2009, not released.
61 2.3.1 : Tagged on January 2, 2009, not released.
62 2.3.0 : Tagged on December 6, 2008, not released.
64 Contributors looking for a mission:
66 * Just do an egrep on "TODO" or "XXX" in the source.
68 * Review the bug database at: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
70 * Review the "PatchAvailable" bugs in the bug database:
72 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Apache+httpd-2&keywords=PatchAvailable
74 After testing, you can append a comment saying "Reviewed and tested".
76 * Open bugs in the bug database.
78 * See also the STATUS file in the docs/ directory, which lists documentation-specific TODO items.
81 CURRENT RELEASE NOTES:
83 * Forward binary compatibility is expected of Apache 2.4.x releases, such
84 that no MMN major number changes will occur after 2.4.1. Such changes can
85 only be made in the trunk.
87 * All commits to branches/2.4.x must be reflected in SVN trunk,
88 as well, if they apply. Logical progression is commit to trunk
89 then merge into branches/2.4.x, as applicable.
91 * Current exceptions for RTC for this branch:
95 . non-Unix, single-platform code
101 PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
102 [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]
105 PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
106 [ New proposals should be added at the end of the list ]
108 *) SECURITY: CVE-2013-5704 (cve.mitre.org)
109 core: HTTP trailers could be used to replace HTTP headers
110 late during request processing, potentially undoing or
111 otherwise confusing modules that examined or modified
112 request headers earlier. Adds "MergeTrailers" directive to restore
113 legacy behavior. [Edward Lu, Yann Ylavic, Joe Orton, Eric Covener]
115 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1610814
116 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/patches/httpd-2.4.x-trailers.diff
119 * mod_proxy_http: Avoid (unlikely) access to freed memory.
120 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1599486
121 2.4.x patch: trunk works
123 covener: I did not look in depth, but is the preceding log message also bad?
124 ylavic: No, this concerns the next for (;; e = APR_BUCKET_NEXT(e)) iteration.
125 We could also s/apr_bucket_delete/APR_BUCKET_REMOVE/ instead, but
126 stripping some (unhandled) buckets from the source brigade does
127 not look correct to me either (brigade *to is to be consumed, but
128 *from is still living, the caller may want to reuse it, eg:
129 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=31686).
132 * mod_proxy: Preserve original request headers even if they differ
133 from the ones to be forwarded to the backend. PR 45387.
134 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1588527
135 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
138 * mod_proxy: Don't limit the size of the connectable Unix Domain Socket paths.
139 [Graham Dumpleton, Christophe Jaillet, Yann Ylavic]
140 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1598946
141 http://svn.apache.org/r1602989
142 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-ap_proxy_connect_uds.patch
146 * mod_ssl, event: Ensure that the SSL close notify alert is flushed to the client.
148 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1601184
149 http://svn.apache.org/r1601274
150 http://svn.apache.org/r1601185
151 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-SSL-shutdown.patch
155 * mod_proxy: Shutdown (eg. SSL close notify) the backend connection before closing.
156 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1601291
157 http://svn.apache.org/r1601630
158 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-proxy-SSL-shutdown.patch
160 note: depends on ap_shutdown_conn() from r1601185 above.
163 * http_protocol: fix logic in ap_method_list_(add|remove) in order:
164 - to correctly reset bits
165 - not to modify the 'method_mask' bitfield unnecessarily
166 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1610813
167 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works (modulo CHANGES)
170 * mpm_winnt service.c: Normalize all error and status messages, clean up
171 source formatting, and accept utf-8 service names/descriptions for i18n.
172 trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/r1611165
173 http://svn.apache.org/r1611169
174 http://svn.apache.org/r1611244
175 2.4.x patches: trunk works
178 * doc: improve doxygen output for util_ebcdic.h and util_charset.h.
179 I propose it for vote because of the #if defined(DOXYGEN)
180 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1611858
181 http://svn.apache.org/r1611908
182 http://svn.apache.org/r1611916
183 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works
186 * Easy patches - synch with trunk
187 - mod_watchdog: Rename module name in doxygen + partly revert r832442 which
188 skipped doxygen doc generation for 'mod_watchdog.h'
189 - mod_proxy: s/apr_pstrndup/apr_pstrmemdup/ to save a few cycles
190 - mod_proxy_wstunnel: Use ap_remove_input_filter_byhandle instead of
191 duplicating the code.
192 - Remove some 'register' in variable declaration.
193 - core: Remove some 'register' in variable declaration.
194 Save a few cycles by calling 'apr_isalnum' instead of
195 'apr_isalpha' and 'apr_isdigit'.
196 - Do not use deprecated define. s/MODULE_MAGIC_NUMBER/MODULE_MAGIC_NUMBER_MAJOR/
198 http://svn.apache.org/r1597642
199 http://svn.apache.org/r1608999
200 http://svn.apache.org/r1605207
201 http://svn.apache.org/r1610366
202 http://svn.apache.org/r1610353
203 http://svn.apache.org/r1611871
204 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jailletc36/backport9.patch
207 * Add some missing APLOGNO.
208 Refactor some lines to keep APLOGNO on the same line as ap_log_error, when applicable.
209 Split some lines longer than 80.
212 http://svn.apache.org/r1611978
213 http://svn.apache.org/r1612068
214 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works
217 * mod_ldap: 2.4.10 regression: Some authorization searches won't use AuthLDAPBindDN
218 which can lead to LDAP authz failurs if AuthLDAPBindDN had extra access.
219 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1613682
220 2.4.x patch: trunk works + CHANGES referencing 2.4.10 regression
223 * Turn some APR_BUCKET_REMOVE(e)+apr_bucket_destroy(e) into the equivalent
224 apr_bucket_delete(e) to reduce code verbosity
225 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1615026
226 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works
229 * mod_proxy_http: Proxy responses with error status and "ProxyErrorOverride On"
230 hang until proxy timeout. PR53420
231 Regression from 2.2. It was introduced by r912063 in order to fix PR41646.
232 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1615289
233 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
239 * A list of further possible backports can be found at:
240 http://people.apache.org/~rjung/patches/possible-backports-httpd-trunk-2_4.txt
241 If you want to propose one of those, please add them above.
244 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE BEING WORKED
247 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED
249 * core: Stop the HTTP_IN filter from attempting to write error buckets
250 to the output filters
251 trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1482522
252 https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1482918
253 2.4.x patch: /* working on it */
256 * mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
257 504 Gateway Timout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway
258 trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1480058
259 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works modulo CHANGES
261 -1: rpluem: This change is still disputed. See
262 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201305.mbox/%3C1B16B9E3-87BA-4EEF-939C-7C7313B54714%40gbiv.com%3E
264 * cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will be
265 compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
266 Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
267 Trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1327907
268 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328390
269 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328714
270 2.4 patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-cross_compile.diff
271 fuankg: on hold until we agree for a better and more simple solution ...
273 * mod_ssl: Add support for Next Protocol Negotiation.
275 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1332643
279 sf says: Needs r1345599, too.
280 And wrowe's comment about the 2.2 patch is also valid for 2.4:
281 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1354823
283 * Makefile.win: Added copying of .vbs / .wsf CGIs to Windows install target.
284 Moved fixing of shebang to separate target so that it is
285 no longer executed by default and all CGIs remain inactive.
286 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1387984
287 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421203
288 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421591
289 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-Makefile.win.diff
292 This commit is essentially deciding that an httpd install on
293 Windows now has printenv/testcgi written in 2 more languages.
294 To the extent that the usefulness is that it shows how to make scripts
295 of these types executable by httpd, I believe that the documentation
296 is the proper place to solve that. To the extent that the usefullness
297 is to show how to implement a CGI in these particular languages, I believe
298 that the httpd distribution and documentation in general is not the
299 place for that. Historically these types of scripts have caused problems
300 for downstream vendorsas well as newbies (and sometimes the intersection
301 of those two groups) who don't understand that these are information leaks
302 once they are enabled, and the subtlety of the way they are disabled ("Apache
303 messed up the first line; let me fix that") contributes to that.
304 fuankg notes: I've just added a big warning to all CGI scripts which should now
305 make absolutely clear that these CGIs are for testing purpose only - so those
306 who enable those scripts with inserting the right shebang should be 100% aware
307 of any risks (this should cover your last point).
308 jim: trawick, does the above address your concerns?
309 trawick: to some extent (somebody reading the script gets an idea)
310 Why isn't the configuration requirement documented instead
311 of described indirectly in a sample?
312 Why are these new samples added to the install without three
313 votes? (I didn't veto it; put your name next to the two
314 existing ones and I'll be satisified that enough people
315 considered this addition as an appropriate solution for a
316 real httpd usability problem.)
317 wrowe: I'd agree with trawick, and suggest that these scripts can begin
318 their life somewhere in the manual/ tree. This really seems like
319 the place where /usr/share/httpd/examples/ would be useful, but
320 there isn't an ordinary directory for that. Since we want none
321 of the scripts to function 'out of the box', what about a new
322 cgi-examples/ dir alongside cgi-bin/? Otherwise manual/cgi/examples