I need to upgrade PHP because the latest WordPress requires one at least at 5.2.4. What are the tradeoffs of using the php53 packages provided by CentOS versus IUS? I've seen that installing the RHEL-derived php53 requires removing php first and it creates package conflicts because it doesn't provide a virtual php-common package. That suggests I should install the IUS package. Is there any reason to avoid IUS and stay with the CentOS package? <http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2011/07/24/updating-php-in-rhelcentos-5-6-for-wordpress-3-2>
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:54:56PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:> install the IUS package. Is there any reason to avoid IUS and stay with the > CentOS package?No, not really. TUV broke php53 and it won't be fixed in any useful timeframe; IUS' packages are sane, well maintained and used by Rackspace for their own customers. I wouldn't use the TUV php53 for any reason the way things stand. John -- If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. -- Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), American actress, writer -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110819/c0a5b863/attachment-0002.sig>
On 19 August 2011 06:22, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote:> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:54:56PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: >> install the IUS package. Is there any reason to avoid IUS and stay with the >> CentOS package? > > No, not really. > > TUV broke php53 and it won't be fixed in any useful timeframe; IUS' > packages are sane, well maintained and used by Rackspace for their own > customers. > > I wouldn't use the TUV php53 for any reason the way things stand. >+1 especially if you need mcrypt we have switched production servers to ius after having fought with the native offering mike
On 08/19/2011 07:22 AM, John R. Dennison wrote:> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 09:54:56PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: >> install the IUS package. Is there any reason to avoid IUS and stay with the >> CentOS package? > > No, not really. > > TUV broke php53 and it won't be fixed in any useful timeframe; IUS' > packages are sane, well maintained and used by Rackspace for their own > customers. > > I wouldn't use the TUV php53 for any reason the way things stand.In what way did TUV break php? Regards, Dennis