1 Apache HTTP Server 2.1 Documentation Status File.
2 Last modified: $Date: 2003/11/12 01:18:02 $
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12 - Remove several out-of-place files into somewhere in the tree outside
13 of the actual web site content? Erik suggests we merge the two icons
14 readmes into one. Perhaps all of these go into httpd-2.0/docs/README?
17 icons/small/readme.txt
18 Votes for a single top-level README reference?
19 +1: wrowe, slive, nd, erikabele, kess, mads
22 Things That Need Fixing
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25 - Windows platform docs are in desperate need of rewrites/updates for 2.0.
26 - Bill Rowe and Bill Stoddard are good contacts for tech questions.
27 - "using apache" has been done, "compiling apache" is still open
28 - hints on uninstalling apache (exit monitor, close directories,
29 registry entries etc) (PR 10154)
30 - FAQ: UTF-8 config and URL encoding for non-ascii characters.
31 - FAQ: AcceptEx failed / virusscanner, firewall fun
34 - Much clean-up and enhancement of aaa howto
35 - Independent note on how to upgrade to new auth system
38 - mod_suexec: very little documentation
39 - mod_proxy: updates for 2.0
40 - mod_status: updates for 2.0
41 - mod_example: updates for 2.0
42 - mod_rewrite: explain, when which variables are actually available
46 - explain what the following command line options do
47 (perhaps in the developer/debugging docs):
50 one-process-mode == no threads, i.e. only one
51 process handling the requests in a single loop?
52 -D NO_DETACH (not in every MPM avail.)
53 no daemon, but detached from terminal?
54 -D FOREGROUND (not in every MPM avail.)
57 - Individual docs will need some cleanup.
58 - misc/custom_errordocs.html needs to be updated to
59 essentially describe how the international error
60 docs included in 2.0 work
61 - misc/perf-tuning.html - needs major rewrite for 2.0
62 - misc/rewriteguide.html - needs cleaning in 1.3 and 2.0
63 - platform/ebcdic.xml - needs major rework for 2.0
66 - install.html has had a first-pass rewrite, it is basically
67 accurate, but very incomplete: many configure options are missing,
68 especially those inherited from apr.
71 - Ben Laurie has written some hooks documentation
72 - authn provider API documentation could be useful
74 - SSL docs are generally good, but they need a refreshing by someone
75 familiar with mod_ssl and openssl.
77 - I've begun working on this (again) --mads
79 - How does <Proxy> fit into sections.html?
81 Documentation improvements
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84 * Missing documentation for the support programs htdbm and checkgid
86 * New user docs: Directory Handling (mod_dir/mod_autoindex/etc)
88 * Enhancements to the DTD/XSL:
89 - <glossary> tag that links to the glossary and uses some special
91 - New index: directives by context, including listing which directives
92 are available for each AllowOverride setting.
93 - New index: backout modules by type (aaa, mappers, loggers etc.)
94 probably by introducing a <category> element in modulesynopsis
95 - Use a tag like <var> in place of <em> for things like the
98 - add letter links to glossary and quickreference,
99 perhaps also a term overview (sidebar)
100 - remove <pre> elements. Use <br /> and <indent> elements to get
103 * Improving the documentation of the documentations' build system
104 itself (requirements, procedures)
106 * Improving the "security docs"
107 - More content and better organisation
108 - mod_dav ressources are owned by the httpd
110 * General cleaning and improving of module docs
112 * Making the directive definitions "less terse" (i.e., adding more
113 examples and details to the definitions of the directives)
115 * Making site-specific enhancements easier, including a documented
116 and robust way for 3P module docco to be added -- and have it
117 survive a server docco upgrade
119 - This could be something a simple and hackish as a manual/extra/
120 directory (a la the 1.3 src/modules/extra/ directory) and a
121 script in the support directory that scans the files there and
122 updates the manual indices. (We do something like that now for
123 httpd.conf file with apxs [LoadModule, etc.].)
125 * Summarize all the implemented drafts/standards with short explanations
126 within a document. (PR 16938)
128 - I've begun working on this --jsl
130 * Provide example solutions for the mapping of encodings, especially
131 for .gz etc. (also in regard to our default configuration)
133 * Several features in Apache require write-access to the filesystem.
134 Examples: CacheRoot, DavLockDB, ScriptLog
135 We should treat the things consistently in the docs, and perhaps
136 suggest the use of directory like /usr/local/apache2/var/ that is
139 * Change the name 'Apache' to 'Apache HTTP Server' or 'http'.
145 Add <columnspec> to xml files.
149 A quick search makes me believe that pdftex will not handle gifs.
150 It probably will handle png.
152 - Hundreds of other little problems with presentation, cross-referencing,
157 - Cleanup xsl to make it more readable and add licenses. Almost everything
158 that is currently in latex.xsl should probably be moved to common.xsl.
159 There may be a license problem with the atbeginend.sty file, since
160 latex style files rarely have explict licenses. At worst, we can
161 drop this and manually adjust the relevant spacing.
163 - Reduce the size of the pdf (both bytes and pages) in any way possible.
165 - Speed up the XSLT tranform.