Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 13:07:16 -0700
To: apache-announce@apache.org
From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Apache 1.3b7 now available


 The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3b7 version
 of Apache, the latest beta release of the Apache HTTP server.  1.3b7 is
 a second release candidate for Apache 1.3.0.
 
 This version is stable under UNIX but remains beta-level under Win32.  No
 new features are expected between 1.3b7 and 1.3.0, so please give this
 version a good thrashing in order to provide as much feedback as possible
 to the Apache Group before the release of 1.3.0.

 To grab the latest Apache distribution, check out
     http://www.apache.org/dist/
 and the huge list of available "International Mirror Sites" at
     http://www.apache.org/mirrors/

 For a full list of specific code changes see src/CHANGES.

 For an overview of new features in 1.2 please read the CHANGES file 
 in the distribution and the "New Features with Apache 1.3" document at
     http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html

 Major changes with this beta:
  HTTP: fixes for 400 and 408 error codes.
  WIN32: Child process spawning now uses native Win32 API.
           This should address many problems people have had
           on Win32 - it also forced us to modify the 
           related child_spawn calls in the Apache API.
         Other various stability fixes.
         Extensive overhaul of the way UNCs are handled.
  Various mod_rewrite fixes.
  Various makefile cleanups.
  Various APACI changes.
  Various DSO cleanups, better support for AIX, OpenBSD, NetBSD
  Server's OS family now reported in Server: strings.
  PORT: added support for NCR MP/RAS 3.0
  Security: we now make sure all config files opened by Apache are not
            special devices.
  Added "-s" command line option to dump out vhost settings.

 Contributing code to this beta:
   Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@apache.org>
   Ed Korthof <ed@apache.org>
   Rick Ohnemus <rick@ecompcon.com>
   Brian Behlendorf <brian@apache.org>
   Bob Beck <beck@bofh.ucs.ualberta.ca>
   Ben Laurie <ben@apache.org>
   Bill Stoddard <wgstodda@us.ibm.com>
   Ernst Kloppenburg <kloppen@isr.uni-stuttgart.de>
   John Withers <withers@semi.kcsc.mwr.irs.gov>
   Jim Patterson <Jim.Patterson@Cognos.COM>
   Jim Jagielski <jim@apache.org>
   Martin Kraemer <martin@apache.org>
   Dean Gaudet <dgaudet@apache.org>
   Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
   Lars Eilebrecht <lars@apache.org>
   Ronald.Tschalaer@psi.ch
   Kari Likovuori <Kari.Likovuori@mol.fi>
   Michael Anderson <mka@redes.int.com.mx>
   Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
   Roy Fielding <fielding@apache.org>
   David MacKenzie <djm@va.pubnix.com>
   Francisco Tomei <fatomei@sandburg.unm.edu>
   Jens Schleusener <Jens.Schleusener@dlr.de>
   Jeff Earickson <jaearick@colby.edu>
   Marc Slemko <marc@apache.org>

Enjoy.



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