OpenEnterpriseTrends: Will Apache 3.0 Sport Asynchronous I/O? | Linux Today

OpenEnterpriseTrends: Will Apache 3.0 Sport Asynchronous I/O?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 22, 2002

[ Thanks to Robert
McMillan
for this link. ]

“With Apache 2.0 four months past its stable release, developers
are beginning to brainstorm the next steps for Apache–including
drafting up a ‘wish list’ for Apache 3.0 features, and mapping out
a timeline for the release of upgraded features.

“As Apache Software Foundation Chairman Roy Fielding told Open
Enterprise Trends, ‘I’m sure there are lots of things that
individuals are working on. [But] none of us will come out and say,
‘Well, this is going to be in Apache 3.0.”

“Fielding, even as he insists it’s a bit too early for a full
Apache 3.0 feature list, is beginning to agree with other ASF
contributors on the merits of adding at least one new feature to
Apache–support for asynchronous I/O…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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