Sriram Natarajan wrote: > > > Lars Heill wrote: >> Sriram Natarajan wrote: >> >>> Lars Heill wrote: >>> >>>> At that time we did not believe we would have the time/resources to >>>> make >>>> the changes, but we will scope the effort and have a go now since >>>> the ARC >>>> is not in an approved state yet and, as Jyri noted, it will be less >>>> expensive now than later. >>>> >>>> We will not plan modifications to the existing 5.0 layout. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> What is considered the proper or most efficient way to let upstack >>>> users know about a new version (or other changes) coming out, apart >>>> from announcing it on the lists in a new thread, in an ARC draft >>>> review request etc? >>>> >>>> >>> Most upstack components like Drupal , Joomla! expects a working >>> combination of apache, php and mysql. So, it is upto PHP and MySQL >>> to decide on the working glue versions and provide the glue so that >>> each can work well with each other. >>> >>> Currently, PHP builds with MySQL 5.0 and ships PHP-MySQL library >>> capturing MySQL 5.0 (SUNWmysql5u) as its dependency. Would you like >>> us to continue with the same behavior ? If we do this, then within >>> OpenSolaris 2008.11, 'amp-dev' or ?mp' meta cluster within IPS will >>> only bring/install MySQL 5.0 component as the default database. Is >>> your team okay with this ? >>> >>> Now, if you split existing MySQL 5.0 to also include client runtime >>> libraries, then we can modify 'amp' or 'amp-dev' meta cluster within >>> OpenSolaris 2008.11 to include Apache 2.2.9, PHP 5.2.6. MySQL 5.0 >>> client libraries and MySQL 5.1 server. This is just my 2c worth >>> thought. >>> >> >> My default recommendation would of course be to go with the latest >> version, soon to be 5.1, at any given time wherever possible. >> Since 5.1 is known to come, I would expect upstack components to >> adapt as needed? - or yell if there is a severe problem ;) >> >> > If PHP 5.2 is linked with MySQL 5.1, will it able to connect and work > successfully with MySQL5.0 database ? Is there any known issues ? I > would expect that MySQL 5.0 client libraries is able to work > successfully with MySQL 5.1 server and not vice versa. 5.0 client libraries with 5.1 server and vice versa does work .This has been tested by the Support Team .
> Your team might want to investigate and provide this information > within your ARC case. Currently, there is no mention of this within > the current ARC draft . Only based on this information, we can decide > whether PHP 5.2 can link with MySQL 5.1 client libraries. There are no incompatibilities mentioned in the upgrade page http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrading-from-5-0.html. <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrading-from-5-0.html> If they should be any ,it should be listed in here . Please test the combination and let us know if you really run across any issues of that kind .So far both should ideally work . >> I highly doubt we would not have enough resources/time to split out >> a 5.0 libs package by 2008.11. >> >> (you would still be able to pull the existing SUNWmysql5u package for >> its client libs if necessary and the SUNWmysql51u server package >> without libs if you please, right?) >> > current, pkg infrastructure does not allow this in a more > straightforward way. >> Are you aware of any issues with any upstack component using 5.1? >> >> > Cool Stack 1.3 recently shipped with MySQL5.1 . So, Cool Stack team > might have some insight and comment on this. > > - Sriram -- Sunanda Menon Database Technology Group BLR03, x87098/91-80-66937098 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/webstack-discuss/attachments/20080808/3672ed9f/attachment.html>
