On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM, BJ Dierkes <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > Hello all, > > I find it interesting that this thread come up like this, as I have just > launched a project that fits this requirement exactly (or almost exactly). > Please check out the IUS Community Project: > > http://iuscommunity.org > > > This is a project I started due to the need for newer packages of > PHP/MySQL/Python/Etc on RHEL. The project is sponsored by Rackspace Hosting > (my employer http://www.rackspace.com) and is in fact what we have been > doing internally for the last 3 years to meet certain customers needs. > > Different from EPEL and RPM Fusion, packages from IUS _explicitly_ do > replace existing packages in RHEL. There is an inherent risk in doing so, > as well as following the upstream stable sources rather than back porting... > however it serves a very specific audience... people that absolutely need > the latest versions of software to run their application. > > I haven't added PostGreSQL yet but it is on the list. Maybe I'll get to > that today. Regardless, please check out the project and see what the > existing package list is here: > > http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/ > > > Looking for any feedback you might have. > > --- > derks <snip>
Sounds to me that we don't need to duplicate efforts and that those interested can contribute to the IUS efforts. I know they aren't accepting packages from the community (yet) but interested parties can still send in patches and such or I assume a package request using their launchpad.net instance. Might even be able to expedite the process if a SPEC and SRPM are included ;) FAQ: http://iuscommunity.org/wp/?page_id=9 Thanks Derks for the info, we actually just ran into a situation here at work today where I was going to have to roll my own MySQL 5.1.x and now I don't have to :) -Adam -- http://maxamillion.googlepages.com --------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments _______________________________________________ epel-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel-list
