On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:00 -0700 Rick Jones <rick.jones2@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi - > > After perusing the FAQs I could find I am left with a question with > which I hope the folks here can assist. To what degree might an > end-user's source code modifications be "supported" by the Apache > maintainers? Do they have to first submit that source-code > modification as a patch and get it approved before it would be > "supported?" What do you mean by "support"? If you've made a change that you think might be of general interest to the community, then by all means submit it upstream (once you've cleared it with whoever controls your intellectual property if it's nontrivial). If it adds more value than bloat, and doesn't break things, there's a decent chance it'll get accepted. Or maybe your changes can be made into a module, in which case you can do what you like with it: sell it, give it away, or offer to contribute it upstream to be supported by the Apache team. The public API comes with a stability promise: if your module works with 2.2.current, it will work with all 2.2.future versions. Otherwise, there are a number of companies that will support Apache on commercial terms. That was my bread-and-butter until a few months ago. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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