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

[Derek Straka]

It seems like we could always pull out of
http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd
<http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-$%7BPV> in this case and avoid
the maintenance headache Martin is alluding to.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Martin Jansa <martin.jansa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Your original change was already supersedded by the upgrade sent by someone
> else.
>
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 4:56 PM, M. Asselstine <asselsm at mcmaster.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com>
> > wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > Agreed. I also think that the concept is a bad one as if our apache2
> > recipe is so far behind that the upstream has moved it to archived
> > that things should break just to give us a kick in the pants to get on
> > top of things and complete and uprev. So rather than mess around to
> > paper this over I hope my original change can be merged to allow
> > builds to complete and I will look to getting a review out for an
> > uprev after the holidays.
> >
> > MarkA
> >
> >
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