Eric, Why not remove the win32 binaries altogether and just mention that win32 binaries are available at Apache Lounge? This would mirror eg the Linux kernel which is only supplied as a binary in a distribution. Cheers, Colin On 14 November 2013 15:21, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Nobody has posted httpd binaries for Windows to httpd.apache.org in quite >>> a while, and they were never "official" anyway, whatever that means. >> >> >> Not true. Cf: >> http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ#Why_isn.27t_there_a_binary_for_my_platform.3F >> Binaries for Windows are official stuffs. Or if you like, they are *de >> facto* official stuff provided by Apache. > > "Right now, there are none. The Apache Software Foundation produces > Open Source Software. The 32 bit binaries provided are a courtesy of > the community members." > > >> >>> >>> Windows is of course supported in the source, and as someone else pointed >>> out there are non-ASF providers of binaries for Windows. >> >> >> But the lack of specific source for Windows in official FTP server make us >> think otherwise. > > There used to be a post-processed archive of the source for windows as > a convenience. It's the same code. > >> But I'd rather like a *clear-cut* situation/announcement instead of an ambiguous one. > > I guess it would help to fix these two things: > > * download page to not say "unix source". I'll take that as a TODO. > * pub/httpd/binaries/win32/README should have a blurb saying these are > sometimes contributed > > -- > Eric Covener > covener@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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