Bug#258071: debian-policy: request for virtual package 'apache'
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:43:52AM -0400, Brian Minton wrote:
> > Package: debian-policy
> > Version: 3.6.1.1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > There are several packages that all have similar functionality, namely
> > apache, apache-ssl, and apache-perl (there may be others as well). All
> > of them have the core apache functionality (with respect to config
> > files (but with different locations), modules, APIs, etc. This way, any
> > other package that for instance implements a module for apache would
> > work with each of the other apache servers.
>
> Aren't apache-ssl and apache-perl obsolete by now? That is, someone
> could:
>
> apt-get install apache libapache-mod-perl libapache-mod-ssl
>
> and get the same functionality?
No. apache-ssl is not mod_ssl and apache-perl is approx 10 to 20 times
faster than mod_perl.
Fabio
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