What is it?
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- Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for
- the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in
- the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new
- features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet
- users' needs more easily.
+ Apache httpd 1.3 is a HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement
+ for the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in
+ the NCSA server, includes many frequently-requested new features,
+ and has an API which allows it to be extended more easily to meet
+ users' needs.
The Latest Version
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- As of January 2010, version 1.3 of Apache has reached its end
- of life. Future security updates will be available as patches,
- via;
+ Apache httpd 1.3 has reached end of life, as of January 2010.
+ No further releases of this software will be made, although critical
+ security updates may be made available as patches from the following
+ website:
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/
Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 2.2 or higher of
- Apache httpd. Information on upgrading is available at;
+ Apache httpd.
+
+ Information on upgrading is available from the following website:
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html
Documentation
Installation
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- From Apache version 1.3 and up you have two possibilities to
- build and install the Apache package: The old commonly known
- but manual way from Apache 1.2 and below and the new
- out-of-the-box way through the new Apache Autoconf-style
- Interface (APACI). For detailed instructions see the file
- INSTALL in this directory.
+ For detailed installation instructions, please see the INSTALL
+ file in this directory.
Licensing
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- Please see the file called LICENSE.
+ For license details, please seem the LICENSE file in this directory.
Acknowledgments
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Changes with Apache 1.3.42
- *) INFORMATIONAL: Please note that this release is considered
- the final release of the Apache 1.3.x, which has now reached
- end of life status. Future security updates will be distributed
- as patches, via
+ *) IMPORTANT: This is the final release of Apache httpd 1.3.
+ Apache httpd 1.3 has reached end of life, as of January 2010.
+ No further releases of this software will be made, although critical
+ security updates may be made available as patches from the following
+ website:
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/
bug-fixes and community support are advised to use Apache 2.2
or higher.
- Information on upgrading is available at;
+ Information on upgrading is available from the following website:
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html
Thank you to everyone who helped make Apache 1.3.x the most
- successful, and most used, webserver software on the planet.
+ successful, and most used, webserver software on the planet!
[Apache httpd group]
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