On Dec 22, 2007 9:59 AM, Todd Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You got good info from Mathew, but I'll offer a different perspective :-)
> However, upgrading is important to me. Why? I use various versions of *nix, and other than security patches, really don't care how "current" they are. The main reason is that they're only a platform for the "important" stuff, the apps I need to run, and I *never* use a package manager for those. The main reason for that is all package managers I've seen assume you only want to run *one* version of, say, Apache httpd on your system. That's not true for me, either in development/testing mode, or production. So all the apps are installed from source or from a tar file binary, so I run multiple versions in parallel e.g. something like /usr/local/apache-httpd-2.2.4 /usr/local/apache-httpd-2.2.6-PHP /usr/local/apache-httpd-2.2.6-proxy and so on. It also means I have identical file system layouts in dev and production no matter what distros are involved. YMMV, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
