small cleanup of the ROADMAP file.

      Remember, it just takes cvs diff -b (that is, --ignore-space-change)

      to see the code changes and ignore that cruft.  Get editing Justin :)

    * revamp the input filter syntax to provide for ordering of

      filters created with the Set{Input|Output}Filter and the

      Add{Input|Output}Filter directives.  A 'relative to filterx' 

      syntax is definately preferable.

    * Platforms that do not support fork (primarily Win32 and AS/400)

      Architect start-up code that avoids initializing all the modules 

      in the parent process on platforms that do not support fork.

    . Better yet - not only inform the startup of which phase it's in,

      but allow the parent 'process' to initialize shared memory, etc,

      and create a module-by-module stream to pass to the child, so the

      parent can actually arbitrate the important stuff.

    * Replace stat [deferred open] with open/fstat in directory_walk.

      Justin, Ian, OtherBill all interested in this.  Implies setting up

      the apr_file_t member in request_rec, and having all modules use

        that the worker thread doesn't have to wait around for

        the sendfile to complete.

    * Add a string "class" that combines a char* with a length

      and a reference count.  This will help reduce the number

      of strlen and strdup operations during request processing.

      Including both the length and allocation will save us a ton 

      of reallocation we do today, in terms of string manipulation.

        OtherBill asks if this is really an APR issue, not an HTTPD issue?

        Brian notes that the performance optimization work in 2.0

        has all but eliminated the original motiviation for this

        idea.  The httpd doesn't spend that much time in strlen

        calls any more.

MAKING APACHE REPOSITORY-AGNOSTIC

(or: remove knowledge of the filesystem)