Re: [VOTE] retire/archive libapreq2, remove apreq from trunk, move httpd-tests to r/w git

On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 at 11:35, Joe Orton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks, three votes here:
>
> 1. We had a roll call back in 2024 for libapreq2 [1], and there was
> little-to-no support to continue development by this project. I propose
> we officially retire libapreq2, moving libapreq2 releases to the
> archive. This will remove project obligations to handle security
> reports, which is a burden on our limited time.
>
> 2. The merged apreq is also removed from httpd trunk; removing
> server/apreq*.c, include/apreq*.h and modules/apreq.
>
> 3. The Perl test framework https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/test/framework/
> is moved to Git read/write master, and development continues at GitHub.
>
> I am +1 on all three.
>
> Regards, Joe
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/b98fph979jd1k4wsqof3kntklbjdsx8s
>

I'll be sorry to see it go since I think it's useful for mod_perl users.

I asked about its status last year ("What is the current status of
apreq?" message to [email protected] on 10 August 2025,
though I can't find any archive for that list which goes later than
2019?) and got no reply, even to my offer to roll out a release with
the fixes in SVN that haven't been released yet.

However, as I said in my reply to the roll call cited, I wouldn't be
confident of doing much more than that, so I can't keep it alive
myself.