apache versions

[Wes James]

Thanks Phil and Ryan.

wes


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:

>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 22:22, Wes James wrote:
>
> > I looked at http://httpd.apache.org/ to see where it is at versus
> macports.
> >
> > Some questions:
> >
> > The current macports version for apache2 is:
> >
> > apache2 @2.2.22_2+preforkmpm (active)
> >
> > on apache.org there is 2.2.23.  How does this compare with macports
> version regarding security patches?
>
> Thank you for letting me know 2.2.23 is available. I have updated the port:
>
> https://trac.macports.org/changeset/101024
>
> In the future you can file a ticket in the issue tracker to request a port
> be updated.
>
>
> > When will macports be updated to 2.4.x?
>
> Here is the ticket tracking the update to 2.4.x:
>
> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35824
>
> This is more than just a straightforward version and checksum update. All
> the apache module ports had to be tested, and some had to be updated or
> patched to be compatible with 2.4.x. My understanding is that this was all
> already tested and patches were written. Apache isn't very exciting to me
> at the moment so it's not a priority for me to work on this update but
> apache2 is openmaintainer so I am hoping someone else will evaluate the
> existing patches, decide they're good enough to be committed, commit them,
> and handle any follow-up issues that might arise.
>
>
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