maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 238488] [patch] www/apache24 upstream fix for mod_reqtimeout.c missing default setting for RequestReadTimeout

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Bug 238488: [patch] www/apache24 upstream fix for mod_reqtimeout.c missing
default setting for RequestReadTimeout
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238488



--- Description ---
There is a regreswsion in the latest apache httpd that made it have no default
value for the RequestReadTimeout parameter. This means that if no explicit
RequestReadTimeout statement is made in httpd.conf, by default the server will
return a 408 timeout after 20s even if the client is actively sending data to
the server (e.g. for a large file upload). We where bitten by this bug when
users reported they could no longer upload files to our websites.

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63325

I suggest adding the patch rather than wait for a new release.