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4 Project, please see http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/ and
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12 - Update the http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html
13 document to be useful. In particular:
14 - Document the translation process.
15 - Generally update it to make it reflect the current reality of how
17 - Improving the documentation of the documentations' build system
18 itself (requirements, procedures)
20 - Continue to enhance the FAQ, which is in the wiki:
21 http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ
23 - Security docs are unhelpful, and assume that the reader knows nothing.
24 Need something a little more advanced, which either discusses
25 application-level security, or links to something that does. I'm not
26 even sure what to say needs done. Can we get someone to elaborate on
27 what, exactly, needs written?
28 - More content and better organisation
29 - mod_dav resources are owned by the httpd. Perhaps write up the
30 two-httpd dav setup covered in Rich Bowen's DAV Apachecon
33 - Performance doc "drop-in replace" misc/perf-scaling.xml
34 as well as: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PerformanceScalingOut
35 They both need review and updates to reflect the current state
38 - Windows platform docs are in desperate need of rewrites/updates for 2.x.
39 - Bill Rowe is a good contact for tech questions.
40 - "using apache" has been done, "compiling apache" is still open
41 - hints on uninstalling apache (exit monitor, close directories,
42 registry entries etc) (PR 10154)
43 - FAQ: UTF-8 config and URL encoding for non-ascii characters.
46 - Much clean-up and enhancement of aaa howto (Can someone clarify
47 exactly what needs cleaned up and enhanced?)
48 - Independent note on how to upgrade to new auth system
49 - Discussion of DBD auth, and, in particular, examples of how to set
50 up auth using each of the supported databases.
52 - Expression syntax for <If>, Require expr, SetEnvIfExpr, CustomLog, ...
53 Start is in expr.xml, igalic is working on this
56 - the following modules added since 2.2 lack documentation
59 the list may be incomplete
60 maybe some of the modules will not be included in 2.4
61 - mod_suexec: very little documentation
63 - mod_substitute and reverse proxies: Add example using mod_filter
64 (see: http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-users&m=128830729603423&w=2)
67 - explain what the following command line options do
68 (perhaps in the developer/debugging docs):
70 -D ONE_PROCESS -- is this the same as -X, if not, should it be?
71 one-process-mode == no threads, i.e. only one
72 process handling the requests in a single loop?
74 - Identify which documents are grossly out of date, and fix.
75 - platform/ebcdic.xml - needs major rework for 2.0
76 - SSL docs need serious update and enhancement
77 - compat docs are wrong
78 - A basic how to has been started here:
79 http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/SettingUpModSSL
80 but it needs some work...
81 - http://blag.esotericsystems.at/2011/01/answering-trivial-and-interesting-questions-with-openssl/
82 looks like a good starting point for overhauling the FAQ, and
83 has been placed at our disposal by the author.
86 - Ben Laurie has written some hooks documentation
87 - authn provider API documentation could be useful
89 - How does <Proxy> fit into sections.html?
91 - Missing documentation for the support program checkgid
93 - New user docs: Directory Handling (mod_dir/mod_autoindex/etc)
94 (draft available in wiki)
96 - Enhancements to the DTD/XSL:
97 - New index: directives by context, including listing which directives
98 are available for each AllowOverride setting.
99 - New index: backout modules by type (aaa, mappers, loggers etc.)
100 probably by introducing a <category> element in modulesynopsis
101 - Use a tag like <var> in place of <em> for things like the
104 - add letter links to glossary and quickreference,
105 perhaps also a term overview (sidebar)
107 - Provide example solutions for the mapping of encodings, especially
108 for .gz etc. (also in regard to our default configuration)
110 - How-To style documents for more of the daily tasks
111 - Logging, log rotation, and log reporting
112 - Secure mod_dav configuration
114 - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/developer/ is a graveyard, and a
115 profound embarrassment.
116 - Purge all the dead links
117 - Verify links to external resources at least every year
119 - Update the list of translations at
120 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/translations.html Some of those
121 are accurate, and others are way outdated.
123 - I'd like to expand the discussion of conditional logging, and add a
124 few more useful exmaples.
125 That would be a good place to document logging of cache hit/miss:
126 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48241#c2
128 - Is it worth having a doc that discusses recommended (what does this
129 mean?) third-party modules like mod_security, mod_php, and so on - the
130 things that we all assume everyone uses, but some folks might not know
133 - Clarify which directives only affect requests when they're handled
134 by the default handler. (e.g. ForceType, TraceEnable, etc.)
136 - Add examples using expr to mod_rewrite recipes. Possibly benchmark the
137 different approaches and make intelligent remarks about the
138 comparative value of each.
140 - Fix this error message:
141 Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable
142 configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit
143 if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.
144 This error message is often returned when a RewriteRule loops, in
145 which case setting LimitInternalRecursion won't do anything towards
146 fixing the problem. However, the error message is already very long.
149 - Examples in Rewrite Flags doc for QSD, Redirect, Chain, DPI, END, NS
152 Decide how and where to document the error codes (AH****), and then
155 - If someone has xslt and LaTeX skills, they could consider getting the
156 xml->LaTeX->PDF build chain working again. See specifically
157 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45526 for details
158 of what's broken. For the moment, PDF docs are no longer referenced on
161 - Add example of using -p flag to rotatelogs to do something useful.
163 - Log rotation doc - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/logs.html#rotation
164 needs to mention rotatelogs as well as fairly standard log rotation
165 stuff, rather than encouraging people to do this by hand.