[oe] [meta-webserver][PATCH] apache2: the download has been moved to the 'archives'

[Mark Hatle]

On 12/21/16 4:26 PM, Christopher Larson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Mark Asselstine <
> mark.asselstine at windriver.com> wrote:
> 
>> This release of apache2 is no longer found in the main downloads area
>> but has been moved to the 'archives'. We should uprev apache2 but for
>> now this will at least get the builds working again.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine at windriver.com>
>>
> 
> Wouldn’t it make sense to do a recipe-local addition to MIRRORS to
> automatically fall back to the apache archive?
> 

That seems wrong to me.  The recipe should point to the proper upstream location
for the archive.  If the archive moves, then the recipe should be updated to match.

I know you can easily do local workarounds for mirrors and such, but I wouldn't
consider putting them into a recipe directly as a good approach as it will hide
problems from people and make it unclear where the official download location is.

--Mark