Apache 1.3.15 Released | |
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are | |
pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.15 of the Apache HTTP | |
server. | |
This version of Apache is primarily a bug fix release, addressing | |
some broken functionality present in the 1.3.14 release and | |
various Win32 issues. There are, however, a few new features and | |
improvements. A summary of the new features is given at the end of | |
this document. | |
We consider Apache 1.3.15 to be the best version of Apache available | |
and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of | |
the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further | |
releases will be made in the 1.2.x family. | |
Apache 1.3.15 is available for download from | |
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/ | |
Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full list | |
of changes. | |
Binary distributions are available from | |
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/binaries/ | |
As of Apache 1.3.12 binary distributions contain all standard Apache | |
modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include | |
full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the | |
included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist | |
files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary | |
distributions are only provided for your convenience and current | |
distributions for specific platforms are not always available. | |
The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the | |
mirrors listed at | |
http://www.apache.org/mirrors/ | |
For an overview of new features in 1.3 please see | |
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html | |
In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements over | |
version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a wider | |
range of supported platforms, including Windows 95/98 and NT (which | |
fall under the "Win32" label). | |
Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over half | |
of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of its | |
variants. | |
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WIN32 USERS: Over the years, many users have come | |
to trust Apache as a secure and stable server. It must be realized | |
that the current Win32 code has not yet reached the levels of the Unix | |
version, but is of acceptable quality. Any Win32 stability or security | |
problems do not impact, in any way, Apache on other platforms. | |
Apache 1.3.15 Major changes | |
The bug fixes are: | |
* Correct handling of request byte ranges as specified by RFC 2616. | |
* Restore functionality broken by the mod_rewrite security fix: | |
rewrite map lookup keys and default values are now expanded | |
so that the lookup can depend on the requested URI etc. | |
* PHP now works under Unixware 7. | |
* Eliminate caching problems of mod_autoindex results. | |
* Win32 CGI execution on all Windows platforms is corrected. | |
The main new features include: | |
* Add a new LogFormat directive, %c. | |
* mod_status now respects ?refresh=n of 1 or greater. | |
* mod_autoindex fixes browser caching by sending LastModified | |
and ETag headers if IndexOptions TrackModified is enabled. | |
Selected new features that relate to Windows platforms: | |
* Complete handling of ScriptInterpreterSource Registry execution. | |
* NT and 2000 services can be started with -D FOO style options. | |
* The close console window button/menu option on 95 and 98 works. | |
Selected new features relating to other platforms: | |
* Better discovery of dbm_open() under Linux. | |
* Linux 2.2.x and later do not need a serialised single listener. |