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Why isn a newer version of Apache included?

April 26, 2017Apache included newer version

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Why isn a newer version of Apache included?

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The license on newer versions is unacceptable. • Why isn’t bzip2 included instead of gzip? Performance is horrible, and benefit is minimal. Impact on slower platforms, such as m68k or VAX would be unacceptable. • Why isn’t there a graphical or curses(3) based installer? For a number of reasons, including the goal of keeping the installation boot media able to be a single floppy disk, the fact that one installer can be used on all platforms in all configurations, and the fact that after the second or third OpenBSD install, most users find the OpenBSD installation system among the fastest and easiest installers of any OS. Most developers and users greatly prefer the speed, power, and ease of use of the current installer to any of the more “colorful” or “pretty” installers on some other platforms.