1 APACHE 2.0 STATUS: -*-text-*-
2 Last modified at [$Date: 2001/02/22 01:28:51 $]
6 2.0b1 : Scheduled to release End of January, 2001
7 rbb volunteers to be RM
8 2.0a9 : released December 12, 2000
9 2.0a8 : released November 20, 2000
10 2.0a7 : released October 8, 2000
11 2.0a6 : released August 18, 2000
12 2.0a5 : released August 4, 2000
13 2.0a4 : released June 7, 2000
14 2.0a3 : released April 28, 2000
15 2.0a2 : released March 31, 2000
16 2.0a1 : released March 10, 2000
20 WARNING: ALWAYS check srclib/apr/STATUS and srclib/apr-util/STATUS
22 * Generic Hooks are absolutely wrong in linkage, they are declared as
23 exported from APU, but actually exported from modules. This needs
24 heavy fixup, which Bill will do on the plane tommorow. The actual
25 'Apache' declaration is in Apache's files, with the 'explicit linkage'
26 flavor in apr-util. (Unless you folks will finally buckle and accept
27 the linkspec in hook declarations. I'm not holding my breath.)
29 * Root all file systems with <Directory /> for WIN32/OS2/NW permissions
30 Status: patch brought forward from 1.3.14
31 WIN32 and OS2 need review [William Rowe, Brian Harvard]
33 * Win32: Enable the Windows MPM to honor max_requests_per_child
34 Status: FirstBill will fix this?
36 * Win32: Get Apache working on Windows 95/98. The following work
37 (at least) needs to be done:
38 - winnt MPM: Fix 95/98 code paths in the winnt MPM. There is some NT
39 specific code that is still not in NT only code paths
40 - IOL binds to APR sendfile, implemented with TransmitFile, which
41 is not available on 95/98.
42 - Document warning that OSR2 is required (for Crypt functions, in
45 * Win32: Test access logging with multiple threads. Will the
46 native file I/O calls serialize automagically like the
47 CRT calls or do we need to add region locking each time
51 * Win32: Complete the revamp the service environment and relocation
52 into the WinNT MPM. Changes ServerRoot service registry
53 parameter into ConfigArgs for multiple service startup parameters.
54 Problems to fix in the revamp: -k shutdown/restart are broken,
55 signals are not being acknowledged. Close window and shutdown
56 also seem out of sorts.
57 OtherBill is working on this and will finish over the weekend.
59 * We need a thread-safe resolver, at least on Unix.
60 Status: The best known candidate would be something from
62 Status: Greg asks, "why? doesn't gethostbyname_r() handle this?"
64 * The AddInputFilter and AddOutputFilter directives do not allow the
65 administrator to remove or reorder filters. Once a filter is added
66 in a container, it is present in any subcontainers. It can only be
67 added to the filter chain after any filters specified in enclosing
70 * remove the --disable-shared from the subdir config of APR(UTIL)
71 before the final release. (in fact, it might even be nice to
72 allow for Apache config/build against an already-installed
74 Note: we need to do a "make install" for APR(UTIL) so the shared
75 libraries can be installed properly. We could also use that
76 point to install include files (rather than have Apache
77 know everything that needs to be installed from the
78 sub-packages). The original impetus for doing the
79 disable-shared was because the shared lib wasn't getting
80 installed and a "make clean" in aprutil would make Apache
83 * users who want to install third-party modules into the Apache
84 source tree (for static linking) need to have autoconf and
85 libtool installed. This is because the module needs to have its
86 config.m4 incorporated into ./configure, which means "buildconf"
88 Note: This is in part because we have removed the "extra" directory.
89 In the Apache-2.0 repository, this directory had a config.m4
90 file that allowed people to add external modules by
91 specifying --with-module on the configure line.
93 * ap_vrprintf() needs to handle more than 4K
94 Status: Greg volunteers
96 RELEASE NON-SHOWSTOPPERS BUT WOULD BE REAL NICE TO WRAP THESE UP:
98 * mod_include doesn't stream data when there are no SSI tags in
99 a file. If the OS doesn't have MMAP, this means that the entire
100 file is read into memory before we send it down the filter
101 stack. The includes_filter should only ever parse about 9K of
102 data at one time, so that we always look like we are streaming
105 * All of our MPMs should use APR for threads/processes. This
106 will allow us to error out if a threaded MPM is chosen on a
107 platform that doesn't support threads.
109 * Combine log_child and piped_log_spawn. Clean up http_log.c.
112 * Document mod_file_cache.
114 * OS/2: Get loadable modules working again. Requires shared core support
115 which doesn't appear to be catered for in the current build system.
117 * OS/2: Make mod_status work for spmt_os2 MPM.
119 * Win32: Enable the winnt MPM to use the new scoreboard API
121 * Win32: Win9x console window still won't play nice with the
122 close window, logoff and shutdown scenarios.
123 Status: OtherBill will move the patch forward from 1.3.15, once we
124 get our other Win9x issues solved.
126 * Win32: Add a simple hold console open patch (wait for close or
127 the ESC key, with a nice message) if the server died a bad
128 death (non-zero exit code) in console mode.
129 Status: OtherBill is bringing forward same ugly hack from 1.3.13
131 * Platforms that do not support fork (primarily Win32 and AS/400)
132 Architect start-up code that avoids initializing all the modules
133 in the parent process on platforms that do not support fork.
135 * Win32: Migrate the MPM over to use APR thread/process calls. This
136 would eliminate some code in the Win32 branch that essentially
137 duplicates what is in APR.
139 * There are still a number of places in the code where we are
140 losing error status (i.e. throwing away the error returned by a
141 system call and replacing it with a generic error code)
143 * Win32: Implement reliable piped logs on Windows
145 * Mass vhosting version of suEXEC.
147 * All DBMs suffer from confusion in support/dbmmanage (perl script) since
148 the dbmmanage employs the first-matched dbm format. This is not
149 necessarily the library that Apache was built with. Aught to
150 rewrite dbmmanage upon installation to bin/ with the proper library
151 for predictable mod_auth_db/dbm administration.
153 * use apu_dbm in mod_auth_dbm
154 Status: Greg +1 (low-priority volunteer)
157 Some additional items remaining:
158 - case_preserved_filename stuff
159 (use the new canonical name stuff?)
160 - find a new home for ap_text(_header)
161 - is it possible to remove the DAV: namespace stuff from util_xml?
163 * ap_core_translate() and its use by mod_mmap_static and mod_file_cache
164 are a bit wonky. The function should probably be exposed as a utility
165 function (such as ap_translate_url2fs() or ap_validate_fs_url() or
166 something). Another approach would be a new hook phase after
167 "translate" which would allow the module to munge what the
168 translation has decided to do.
169 Status: Greg +1 (volunteers), Ryan +1
171 * Explore use of a post-config hook for the code in http_main.c which
172 calls ap_fixup_virutal_hosts(), ap_fini_vhost_config(), and
173 ap_sort_hooks() [to reduce the logic in main()]
175 * read the config tree just once, and process N times (as necessary)
177 * (possibly) use UUIDs in mod_unique_id and/or mod_usertrack
179 * (possibly) port the bug fix for PR 6942 (segv when LoadModule is put
180 into a VirtualHost container) to 2.0.
182 * the LTFLAGS = -export-dynamic in the config.m4 is wrong. it is getting
183 added multiple times during the config process. The -export-dynamic
184 should probably move into build/special.mk (the make file used for
185 building Apache modules).
187 * shift stuff to mod_core.h
189 * APR-ize resolver stuff in mod_unique_id (Jeff volunteers)
191 PRs that have been suspended forever waiting for someone to
192 put them into 'the next release':
195 missing call to "setlocale();"
199 Additional status for XBitHack directive
203 Questionable performace of mod_dir() with negotiation
207 Mod_proxy doesn't allow change of error pages
211 Modified PATH environemnt variable is not passed, instead
216 Proxy doesn't deliver documents if not connected
220 proxy converts ~name to %7Ename when name starts with a dot (.)
224 mod_access syntax allows hosts that should be restricted
227 * PR#557: mod_auth-any
228 ~UserHome directories are not honored in absolute pathname
232 * PR#573: mod_log-any
233 More LogFormat directives
237 Proxy FTP Authentication Fails
240 * PR#623: mod_include
241 A smarter "Last Modified" value for SSI documents (see PR number 600)
245 Request of "Options SymLinksIfGroupMatch"
248 * PR#697: mod_include
249 A security tweak I've been using for a few years for SSI
253 Proxy doesn't do links right for OpenVMS files through ftp:
257 imap should read <MAP><AREA>*</MAP> too!
261 RLimitCPU and RLimitMEM don't apply to all children like they should
265 Uses cwd before filling it in, doesn't use syslog
269 it is useful to allow specifiction that root-owned symlinks
270 should always be followed
274 Controlling Access to Remote Proxies would be nice...
278 Adding authentication "on the fly" through the proxy module
281 * PR#1004: apache-api
282 request_config field in request_rec is moderately bogus
286 DoS attacks involving memory consumption
289 * PR#1050: mod_log-any
290 Logging of virtual server to error_log as well
294 ProxyRemote make a dead cycle.
297 * PR#1117: mod_auth-any
298 Using NIS passwd.byname dbm files with AuthDBMUserFile
302 suexec does not parse arguments to #exec cmd
305 * PR#1145: mod_include
306 Allow for Last-Modified: without resorting to XBitHack
310 insufficent AllowOverrides granularity for autoindexing
313 * PR#1158: apache-api
314 improvements to child spawning API
318 ``nph-'' not honored (no buffering) for ProxyRemote mapping
322 Apache cannot handle continuation line in headers
326 setlogin() is not called, causing problems with e.g. identd
330 regerror() exists, use it
333 * PR#1233: apache-api
334 there is no way to keep per-connection per-module state
338 Add frame-safe anchor attribute to mod_autoindex links
342 CGI scripts running as Apache user: security (suexec etc.)
346 Error messages could be easier to spot in cgi.log file for suexec.c
349 * PR#1287: mod_access
350 add allow,deny/deny,allow warning to mod_access
354 Need to know "hit-rate" on proxy cache
357 * PR#1358: mod_log-any
358 Selective url-encode of log fields (or maybe a pseudo
362 * PR#1383: mod_headers
363 I make mod_headers to modify request headers as well as
368 Proxy transfer logging
372 No HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR set...
376 ProxyRemote proxy requests fail authentication by firewall
379 * PR#1574: mod_autoindex
380 ReadmeName and HeaderName don't allow for server-parsed html.
383 * PR#1582: mod_rewrite
384 mod_rewrite forms REQUEST_URI different than mod_cgi does
387 * PR#1677: mod_headers
388 mod_headers should allow mod_log_config-style formats in
393 mod_proxy to support persistent conns?
396 * PR#1803: mod_include
397 patches to mod_include to allow for file tests
400 * PR#1809: mod_auth-any
401 Suggestion for improving authentication modules and core source
402 code, problem with 401 and ErrorDocument
405 * PR#1855: mod_autoindex
406 More Control over autoindex layout
410 listing of proxy cache content
414 Allow modules to set user:group for execution.
417 * PR#2024: apache-api
418 adding auth_why to conn_rec
421 * PR#2073: mod_log-any
422 pipelined connections are not logged correctly
425 * PR#2074: mod_rewrite
426 mod_rewrite doesn't pass Proxy Throughput on internal subrequests
430 HTTP Server Rebuild Line Needs Changing for the better
433 * PR#2138: mod_status
434 mod_status always displays 256 possible connection slots
437 * PR#2221: documentation
438 Make online documentation search link back to my installation
442 Can not POST to ErrorDocument - Apache/1.3b6
446 patterns in ProxyRemote
449 * PR#2343: mod_status
450 Status module averages are for entire uptime
454 suexec for general access of user content?
458 Proposal for TimeZone directive
462 /server-info doesn't check for the virtual host to list the info
466 problem specifying ndbm library for build ?with autoconfigure
470 A small addition to rotatelogs.c to improve program functionality.
474 AllowOverride FileInfo is too coarse
478 TimeOut applies to output of CGI scripts
481 * PR#2512: mod_access
482 <IfDenied> directive wanted
486 CGI's for general use still have to be run as another user
491 Cache file names in Proxy module
495 [PATCH] User/Group for <Directory> and <Location> i.e. not only
496 in global and <Virtual>.
500 mailto tags and bundling bug report script
503 * PR#2772: mod_log-any
508 Support for System Resource Controller
512 When will Apache support P3P? Any Plans?
516 Feedback/Comment on APACI
520 Inclusion of RPM spec file in CVS/distributions
524 Propose that Apache recommend $UNIQUE_ID for all "session id"
529 suggestion: power up your Include directive :)
533 cannot limit some HTTP methods
536 * PR#3026: mod_autoindex
537 No way to change ReadmeName/HeaderName suffixes.
540 * PR#3143: apache-api
541 No module specific data hook for per-connection data
545 Configuration file in Japanese
548 * PR#3191: mod_negotiation
549 no way to set global quality-of-source (qs) coneg values
553 * PR#3430: mod_negotiation
554 Enhancement: MultiViews, Multi-Language Documents
558 Accessing URL through proxy server corrupts data.
561 * PR#3594: os-windows
562 Please add an Apache icon to the systray instead of a DOS window
566 Some anonymous FTP URLs ask for authentication
569 * PR#3654: mod_autoindex
570 BORDER=0 makes Icons look nicer (FancyIndexing)
574 New ErrorDocumentMatch directive
577 * PR#4180: os-windows
578 Alternative for win95 users
582 Need to be able to override shebang line to make CGI scripts
587 "Files" and "FilesMatch" regexp does not recognize bang as
591 * PR#4448: mod_log-any
592 Please allow CGI env variables (QUERY_STRING, ...) to be logged
596 * PR#4459: mod_include
597 Suggestion for better handling of Last-modified headers
601 mod_cgi prevents handling of OPTIONS requests
604 * PR#4520: mod_autoindex
605 mod_autoindex does not generate Last-Modified response headers
608 * PR#4658: os-windows
609 The output of CGI scripts appears in the window that apache
613 * PR#5713: os-windows
614 [PATCH] install as service with domain account
618 AllowOverride should have a 'CheckNone' and 'AllowNone' argument
619 instead of only 'None'
623 MIME types for MNG and JNG files need adding to mime.types and
624 the mime.types and magic files
625 Status: Waiting for IANA types to be defined
627 Other bugs that need fixing:
629 * MaxRequestsPerChild measures connections, not requests.
630 Until someone has a better way, we'll probably just rename it
631 "MaxConnectionsPerChild".
633 * Regex containers don't work in an intutive way
634 Status: No one has come up with an efficient way to fix this
635 behavior. Dean has suggested getting rid of regex containers
638 * SIGSEGV on Linux (glibc 2.1.2) isn't caught properly by a
639 sigwaiting thread. We need to work around this, perhaps unless
640 there is hope soon for a fixed glibc.
642 * orig_ct in the byterange/multipart handling may not be
643 needed. Apache 1.3 just never stashed "multipart" into
644 r->content_type. We should probably follow suit since the
645 byterange stuff doesn't want the rest of the code to see the
646 multipart content-type; the other code should still think it is
647 dealing with the <orig_ct> stuff.
648 Status: Greg volunteers to investigate (esp. since he was most
649 likely the one to break it :-)
651 Other features that need writing:
653 * Finish infrastructure in core for async MPMs
656 * TODO in source -- just do an egrep on "TODO" and see what's there
658 Documentation that needs writing:
659 * Mod_status docs are needed.
661 * The concept of MPMs, especially if we ship more than one MPM for a
664 * New directives in the various MPMs and appropriate links from
665 obsolete directives in core.html to the MPM documentation.
667 * Revise manual/stopping.html and the last part of
668 manual/misc/perf-tuning.html to take account of the MPMs.
671 Status: Ben Laurie has written some hooks documentation
672 (apache-2.0/htdocs/hooks.html)
674 * Changes since 1.3.9 can be more easily seen in the commitlog file
675 dev.apache.org:/home/cvs/CVSROOT/commitlogs/apache-2.0
676 which includes some of Roy's comments when the changes were
677 committed in rough change-sets by purpose. Note that the commitlog
678 does not show the contents of new files until later.
682 * Jon Travis's <jtravis@covalent.net> patch to deal with thread-safe
683 issues with inet_ntoa. See message <20001201163220.A12827@covalent.net>
684 Status: This is being set aside until the IPv6 work is finished
685 so that we know exactly what is required.
687 * Martin Sojka <msojka@gmx.de>'s patch to add error reporting for failed
688 htpasswd actions due to a full /tmp volume (other programs may have
693 * Mike Abbott's <mja@trudge.engr.sgi.com> patches to improve
695 Status: These were written for 1.3, and are awaiting a port to
698 * Jim Winstead's <jimw@trainedmonkey.com> patch to add CookieDomain and
699 other small mod_usertrack features
701 * Dan Rench's <drench@xnet.com> patch to add allow the errmsg and timefmt
702 of SSI's to be modified in the config file. Patch is available in
707 * What do we do about mod_proxy?
709 * Which MPMs will be included with Apache 2.0?