Re: Request for testing: apache2
On 2017-06-27 10:24:26, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:17:46AM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
>> On 2017-06-25 16:56:46, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have prepared an update for apache2 and I would like to request some
>> > testing. The packages are here:
>> >
>> > https://people.debian.org/~roberto/apache2_2.2.22-13+deb7u9.dsc
>> > https://people.debian.org/~roberto/apache2_2.2.22-13+deb7u9_amd64.changes
>> > https://people.debian.org/~roberto/apache2_2.2.22-13+deb7u8_2.2.22-13+deb7u9.diff
>> >
>> > I have also attached the debdiff to this email. I was able to cherry
>> > pick the commits from the 2.2.x branch in upsteam's subversion
>> > repository. However, I did have to make some tweaks since upstream is
>> > up to version 2.2.33 and wheezy is at 2.2.22, hence why I am asking for
>> > some additional testing.
>> >
>> > Unless I receive reports of problems with the packages I have prepared,
>> > I intend to upload them in one week.
>>
>> I did some summary smoke-testing (install apache2 on a wheezy VM,
>> upgrade, load the "it works page") and things seem to generally work.
>>
>> I have also reviewed the patches and after I wiped the blood from my
>> eyes, things looked marvelous there as well. ;) (I am always amazed as
>> to the scale of changes introduced in Apache minor versions...)
>>
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
> I found these changes be very small and easy to digest. But then, the
> last updates I have done (starting with most recent) were imagemagick,
> icu, ghostscript, samba, imagemagick, php5, imagemagick, ghostscript,
> and icu. By comparison, apache2 was a piece of cake :-)
Oh, I can grok them alright - this apache update was easy compared to
the previous ones (e.g. the Host: header hack was a nightmare). I'm just
amazed that they *deprecate* an API in a patch release like this.
but then any Apache release is... a patchy release. ;)
*rimshot*
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