Yes, I think that would be out of the question. I would rather not have to 
"build" a custom test server only to have to build a custom production server 
and then try to keep it up to date. I guess I am too old school in thinking if 
it can't be done in html then it is too much trouble to try to maintain. 
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> On Sep 22, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Jon Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Would building custom packages and using something along the lines of 
> spacewalk be out of the question? 
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Bruce W. Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a server running CentOS 5.10 that we use as a test server for our web 
>> site.
>> The web development team have asked for PHP to be upgraded to version 5.3. 
>> Since it was available in the CentOS 5.10 repository I was able to oblige. 
>> Later they are asking that PHP to be updated to 5.5. This is not available 
>> in the CentOS 5.10 repository or in the CentoOS 6.5 repository. The changes 
>> in CentOS 7.0 are so fundamentally different that I am just now looking and 
>> trying to figure out what I have to learn and unlearn to start moving in 
>> that direction so I have not even looked at what is available there. Looking 
>> at the php.net site it looks like they have stable versions of PHP 5.3.29, 
>> 5.4.33, 5.5.17 and 5.6.0. They state that 5.3.29 is the last release in the 
>> 5.3 series yet even CentOS 6.5 shows php.x86_64 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 as the 
>> latest version. Is it reasonable for me to step outside of what is available 
>> I the repository and install a newer version. Is it likely to play well with 
>> apache 2.2.3-87 and mysql 5.5.37-1? I have 3 dozen servers and about 300 
>> desktops to deal with so it is not like I am overloaded by what appear to be 
>> the World Class Standards of IT today but it just seems like asking for 
>> trouble to try accommodate this when Red Hat/CentOS have not yet down so.
>> 
>> What do you think?
>> Or should I get a block of cheese to go with this email?
>> 
>> Bruce
>> 
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