> * PPP compression
I've seen a few of these reports too. Its on my unresolved collection
> * Virtual apache servers
News to me.
> * Recompilation of the kernel source
Only cases I know of are stupid ones like saying yes to netware file
support and no to IPX, or yes to sound and no drivers.
BTW: networking layer changes are tracked on
http://www.uk.linux.org/NetNews.html