1 Apache HTTP Server Trunk Documentation Status File.
4 For more information on how to contribute to the Apache Documentation
5 Project, please see http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/ and
6 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html
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13 - The 1.3 docs need to have links from each directive forward to the
14 /docs/current/ version of that directive, or a note that it's not
15 avaialble in this century. See core.html for examples of how this
16 might be done. This is a large undertaking, and involves a lot of
17 grunt work, but will be greatly appreciated by the folks that make it
18 to the wrong doc via Google. (Update: This is clearly going to take
19 many months of effort, due to the volume of work and the mind-numbing
22 - Update the http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html
23 document to be useful. In particular:
24 - Document the various macros that can be used in documents.
25 - Document the translation process.
26 - Generally update it to make it reflect the current reality of how
28 - Improving the documentation of the documentations' build system
29 itself (requirements, procedures)
31 - Continue to enhance the FAQ, which is in the wiki:
32 http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ
34 - Security docs are unhelpful, and assume that the reader knows nothing.
35 Need something a little more advanced, which either discusses
36 application-level security, or links to something that does. I'm not
37 even sure what to say needs done. Can we get someone to elaborate on
38 what, exactly, needs written? Ivan Ristic has said maybe he would be
39 willing to contribute.
40 - More content and better organisation
41 - mod_dav resources are owned by the httpd. Perhaps write up the
42 two-httpd dav setup covered in Rich Bowen's DAV Apachecon
45 - Performance doc "drop-in replace" wikified by Igor from Sander's
46 presentation: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PerformanceScalingUp
47 What's missing are reviews regarding statements made about Windows,
48 as well as: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PerformanceScalingOut for
49 a follow up -- these days it's *all* about scaling, really.
51 - Windows platform docs are in desperate need of rewrites/updates for 2.x.
52 - Bill Rowe is a good contact for tech questions.
53 - "using apache" has been done, "compiling apache" is still open
54 - hints on uninstalling apache (exit monitor, close directories,
55 registry entries etc) (PR 10154)
56 - FAQ: UTF-8 config and URL encoding for non-ascii characters.
59 - Much clean-up and enhancement of aaa howto (Can someone clarify
60 exactly what needs cleaned up and enhanced?)
61 - Independent note on how to upgrade to new auth system
62 - Discussion of DBD auth, and, in particular, examples of how to set
63 up auth using each of the supported databases.
65 - Expression syntax for <If>, Require expr, SetEnvIfExpr, CustomLog, ...
66 Start is in expr.xml, igalic is working on this
69 - the follwing modules added since 2.2 lack documentation
74 - mod_lbmethod_bybusyness
75 - mod_lbmethod_byrequests
76 - mod_lbmethod_bytraffic
77 - mod_lbmethod_heartbeat
79 - mod_socache_memcache
82 the list may be incomplete
83 maybe some of the modules will not be included in 2.4
84 - mod_suexec: very little documentation
86 - mod_substitute and reverse proxies: Add example using mod_filter
87 (see: http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-users&m=128830729603423&w=2)
90 - explain what the following command line options do
91 (perhaps in the developer/debugging docs):
94 one-process-mode == no threads, i.e. only one
95 process handling the requests in a single loop?
97 - Identify which documents are grossly out of date, and fix.
98 - platform/ebcdic.xml - needs major rework for 2.0
99 - SSL docs need serious update and enhancement
100 - compat docs are wrong
101 - no basic how to setup ssl doc
102 mads said he was working on this, but...
105 - Ben Laurie has written some hooks documentation
106 - authn provider API documentation could be useful
108 - How does <Proxy> fit into sections.html?
110 - Missing documentation for the support program checkgid
112 - New user docs: Directory Handling (mod_dir/mod_autoindex/etc)
113 (draft available in wiki)
115 - Enhancements to the DTD/XSL:
116 - New index: directives by context, including listing which directives
117 are available for each AllowOverride setting.
118 - New index: backout modules by type (aaa, mappers, loggers etc.)
119 probably by introducing a <category> element in modulesynopsis
120 - Use a tag like <var> in place of <em> for things like the
123 - add letter links to glossary and quickreference,
124 perhaps also a term overview (sidebar)
125 - remove <pre> elements. Use <br /> and <indent> elements to get
128 - Provide example solutions for the mapping of encodings, especially
129 for .gz etc. (also in regard to our default configuration)
131 - How-To style documents for more of the daily tasks
132 - Logging, log rotation, and log reporting
133 - Secure mod_dav configuration
135 - Writing modules - Can we provide a basic intro to writing modules,
136 perhaps based around mod_example, or one of the other simple example
139 - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/developer/ is a graveyard, and a
140 profound embarrassment.
141 - Purge all the dead links
142 - Introductory module authoring doc
143 - Verify links to external resources at least every year
145 - Update the list of translations at
146 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/translations.html Some of those
147 are accurate, and others are way outdated.
149 - I'd like to expand the discussion of conditional logging, and add a
150 few more useful exmaples.
151 That would be a good place to document logging of cache hit/miss:
152 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48241#c2
154 - Is it worth having a doc that discusses recommended (what does this
155 mean?) third-party modules like mod_security, mod_php, and so on - the
156 things that we all assume everyone uses, but some folks might not know
159 - Clarify which directives only affect requests when they're handled
160 by the default handler. (e.g. ForceType, TraceEnable, etc.)
162 - Order directives alphabetically. Some modules, particularly in
163 translations, have directives in random order, rather than
166 - Run review_translations.pl on each of the files in the mod directory,
167 and determine which directives are missing from the translation docs.
168 Add them. This makes them show up in the directives listing for that
169 language, and also encourages translators to provide translations for
175 - Dozens of other little problems with presentation, cross-referencing,
178 - Cleanup xsl to make it more readable. Almost everything
179 that is currently in latex.xsl should probably be moved to common.xsl.
180 There may be a license problem with the atbeginend.sty file, since
181 latex style files rarely have explict licenses. At worst, we can
182 drop this and manually adjust the relevant spacing.
184 - Reduce the size of the pdf (both bytes and pages) in any way possible.