On Wed Jul 25, 2001 at 02:00:46AM +1000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> > As an example, Apache and PHP. While current versions are Apache 1.3.20 and
> > PHP 4.06, there are no applicable 'real' upgrades existing for users that
> > seek to stay up-to-date. Granted, I can use MandrakeUpdate to install
> > 'cooker' quality updates, but 'cooker' is pre-beta, at best, and not the
> > most reliable code to place on production servers. In addition, just
> > selecting 'apache' results in rpminst downloading and installing a plethora
> > of associated 'dependencies', which, unfortunately, leave the PHP system in
> > an unusable state (because of the lack of php_mysql in cooker -- brilliant!)
> >
>
> While I like the Latest And Greatest releases, but ...
>
> When the stable is in freeze, we mean it. That means, no updates unless
> there is a show-stopper / security bug. While we can provide updates to the
> Latest And Greatest Features (tm), it may break things. It will definitely
> not be intended but you'll never know.
>
> We have a problem with php-mysql because of an Obsoletes tag I think. I've
> already talked with Vincent about it, I'm not sure if it's fixed yet.
This should be fixed now. php-mysql should be in cooker at the
moment (I can't check since the machine with my local cooker mirror is
being used to install 8.0 on another partition).
As well, the latest and greatest for any release is usually
MdkFreq... many things make it into Freq and if you would like
additional things that aren't shown up, simply speak up... I'm sure
someone will listen.
Also, if you visit www.rpmhelp.net you will find a (currently slowly)
growing selection of packages for 7.2 and 8.0. If there are packages
that you wish to see there (unofficial, mind you, so you can't really
ask for support from Mandrake team), simply ask the question on the
web site. It is my hope that it becomes a strong community site. I
suspect there are other people who take srpms from cooker and make
small mods to make them work with 7.2/8.0, so if you do, you can share
them with others at www.rpmhelp.net as well.
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