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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--0000000000009c6c2a065024cc2a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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!) > --0000000000009c6c2a065024cc2a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">tors 23 apr. 2026 kl. 19:53 skrev Ivan Zhakov <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>>:<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 <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank= ">[email protected]</a>> 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> > On Apr 15, 2026, at 9:11=E2=80=AFAM, Eric Covener <<a href=3D"mailt= o:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 8:57=E2=80=AFAM Bowen, Rich <<a href=3D"mai= lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<b= r> >> <br> >> 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> >> <br> >> 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> > <br> > I think it's long-abandoned and anything along the spectrum of rem= ove<br> > 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'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> --0000000000009c6c2a065024cc2a--