Re: Remote Netware support from APR-trunk (was Netware docs and mpm_netware)

Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:27:11 +0200
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tors 23 apr. 2026 kl. 19:53 skrev Ivan Zhakov <[email protected]>:

> Moving to [email protected]  from [email protected].
>
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 at 15:22, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > On Apr 15, 2026, at 9:11=E2=80=AFAM, Eric Covener <[email protected]> =
wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 8:57=E2=80=AFAM Bowen, Rich <[email protected]=
> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I=E2=80=99m working through a task that I have had back-burnered for =
=E2=80=A6 well, a
>> few years =E2=80=A6 of bringing all of our docs into compliance with the=
 style
>> guide (and actually codifying that style guide, rather than it just bein=
g
>> something we casually agreed to on IRC in the early 2000s! Yay!)
>> >>
>> >> Anyways, I got to
>> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/platform/netware.html and I am
>> wondering if this is something that is still in any sense relevant or
>> correct in 2026. Netware EOL=E2=80=99ed in 2009, and none of the Novell.=
com links
>> in the doc work, nor is there anything obvious to replace them with. Is =
it
>> time to drop all of the Netware stuff? If not, is there someone who can
>> work with me to make this document correspond with current reality?
>> >
>> > I think it's long-abandoned and anything along the spectrum of remove
>> > or replace with placeholder is fine.
>>
>> Not sure what the way forward is here. It certainly appears that this
>> module is unmaintained, and probably nobody is using it. Is it time to c=
all
>> a formal vote to deprecate/retire/remove this module?
>>
>>
> Given that Netware EOL'ed in 2009 I suggest to drop support for Netware i=
n
> APR.
>
> How does it sound?
>

Oh no! Netware 3 was the first real OS I worked with. I=E2=80=99m -1 for re=
moving
it!

(1991 called and asked me to come back. Please ignore me!)

/Daniel

(And obviously: +1 to remove!)

>

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<div dir=3D"auto">tors 23 apr. 2026 kl. 19:53 skrev Ivan Zhakov &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;:<br></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border=
-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><div>Moving to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D=
"_blank">[email protected]</a>=C2=A0 from <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
he.org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>.</div><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 at 1=
5:22, Rich Bowen &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank=
">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-sty=
le:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br>
<br>
&gt; On Apr 15, 2026, at 9:11=E2=80=AFAM, Eric Covener &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 8:57=E2=80=AFAM Bowen, Rich &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; I=E2=80=99m working through a task that I have had back-burnered f=
or =E2=80=A6 well, a few years =E2=80=A6 of bringing all of our docs into c=
ompliance with the style guide (and actually codifying that style guide, ra=
ther than it just being something we casually agreed to on IRC in the early=
 2000s! Yay!)<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; Anyways, I got to <a href=3D"https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current=
/platform/netware.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://httpd.=
apache.org/docs/current/platform/netware.html</a> and I am wondering if thi=
s is something that is still in any sense relevant or correct in 2026. Netw=
are EOL=E2=80=99ed in 2009, and none of the Novell.com links in the doc wor=
k, nor is there anything obvious to replace them with. Is it time to drop a=
ll of the Netware stuff? If not, is there someone who can work with me to m=
ake this document correspond with current reality?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I think it&#39;s long-abandoned and anything along the spectrum of rem=
ove<br>
&gt; or replace with placeholder is fine.<br>
<br>
Not sure what the way forward is here. It certainly appears that this modul=
e is unmaintained, and probably nobody is using it. Is it time to call a fo=
rmal vote to deprecate/retire/remove this module?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Given that Netware EOL&#39;ed in 2009 =
I suggest to drop support for Netware in APR.</div><div><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">How does it sound?</div></div></div></blockquote><div dir=3D"auto=
"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Oh no! Netware 3 was the first real OS I work=
ed with. I=E2=80=99m -1 for removing it!</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"auto">(1991 called and asked me to come back. Please ignore me!)=
</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">/Daniel</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">(And obviously: +1 to remove!)</div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rg=
b(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"aut=
o"></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div></div>

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