Unfortunately it's not that simple. CERN has its own linux distribution - Scientific Linux CERN (SLC) based on the Scientific Linux. The latest release is based on SL4 which is pretty old, so most packages are 1, 2 or more years old. Adding new packages to the distro is a task handled by the Linux group, that does extensive testing of every package release in order to assure there are no incompatibility problems with other existing packages and security risks.
Not using packages from the distro, is also out of question. Since all the machines in the computing centre are managed by a tool for automating their installation and configuration, which relies on the packages of this "official" distro. Yes, it sounds like nuts, but this kind of control is necessary in such a large environment (6000+ machines). On Dec 17, 2007 9:42 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Filipe David Manana > > Subject: Re: Beginner question > > > > As I told, I am just a beginner, and pondering to use Tomcat > > 5.5 in a big environment (at CERN). > > Then why not use 6.0? It has several improvements over 5.5, including > compatibility with the latest servlet and JSP specs. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail > and its attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Filipe David Manana, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obvious facts are like secrets to those not trained to see them.
