Howard is such an optimist ;-D <>< Jack On Sep 22, 2014 4:06 PM, "Howard White" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/22/2014 03:38 PM, Bruce W. Martin 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 wit >> > h 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 >> >> > CentOS intentionally stays behind the bleeding edge. I am not shocked by > the php v5.3 in CentOS 6. No, future releases of CentOS 6 shall retain php > v5.3; just like CentOS 6 shall not advance autoconf beyond 2.63 (grrrrrrr). > > Everywhere one looks, the advice is the same - do not fight the release > masters by trying to custom build later element releases. > > Yeah, I know. Yours is a test server. Mine are production. Just > remember what Dagmar said at least ten years ago: "in the final analysis, > all distros suck." He is absolutely correct! > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
