I would use the standard package and not on the Ubuntu release. I prefer updating Drupal by hand ( Its also what the manual require ) to avoid content / plugin lost. -------------------------------------------------- Michael Ben-Nes - Internet Consultant and Director. http://www.epoch.co.il - weaving the Net. Cellular: 054-4848113 --------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Geoff Shang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I find myself in the position of overseeing a Drupal installation on Ubuntu > Server. We're running the 8.04LTS version of Ubuntu with the intention of > staying with it until the next LTS release (next year?). > > The problem I have is that Drupal 6 is not packaged for 8.04. I got around > this by installing Drupal 6.10 from Ubuntu 9.04, but even this has pending > security updates. So I'm considering updating to the version from the > yet-to-be-released Ubuntu 9.10. > > But this raises a problem. It's possible to update Drupal from within > Drupal. Given this, it begs the question - should I use the package system > to provide a Drupal installation or should I just install the main upstream > package asis and use its own updating capabilities to keep it updated? > > I can see complications ahead if I don't make a firm decision one way or > the other, so I'd like the advice of anyone who has had to deal with this > sort of thing. > > I don't know much about Drupal and I don't particularly plan to. I've been > asked to install it so that content people can do their thing with it, and > that people in charge of specific sites on the machine can admin their bit > of it. Am I naive in thinking I can keep my distance from this? > > Geoff. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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