[cgiapp] Apache 1.3 vs Apache 2.2

Ron Savage ron at savage.net.au
Fri Mar 6 18:40:44 EST 2009


Hi Folks

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 15:52 +0000, Lyle wrote:
> adam at spatialsystems.org wrote:
> > I'm building a new server for use with CGI::Application and I'm deciding
> > on Apache 1.3 vs Apache 2.2. Currently I use Apache 1.3. I don't see a
> > compelling argument to go one way or the other and I think you all might
> > have more insight as it relates to CGI::Application use.
> >
> > Fellow CGI::Application users, can you tell me which one you prefer?
> >   
> 
> Use 2.2. Some Linux's don't have packages for 1.3 any more. Apache in 
> fact classes 1.3 as legacy now.

Exactly. No matter how good Apache V 1 is or was, it has effectively
been pushed into obsolesence by V 2.

And yes, people will go on using it (V 1) for years. That's a testament
to it's quality. But that's not, IMHO, a reason for new projects to
adopt it.

-- 
Ron Savage
ron at savage.net.au
http://savage.net.au/index.html




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