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On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0700, Ben Munat wrote: |
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> Just to throw my two-devil's-advocate-cents in here, I maintain a gentoo |
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> server and -- though I certainly appreciate getting well-tested, |
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> problem-free updates -- I think the biggest problem gentoo faces is how far |
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> behind the curve it is. It's just plain embarassing that there are still no |
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> (unmasked) versions of PHP5, MySQL4.1 or 5, or Java 5/Tomcat 5.5 in |
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> portage... all of which have been freely available for over a year. |
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This is the other side of "enterprise Gentoo". Some enterprises need the |
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fast pace that open source delivers. |
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Anyway, there are reasons why MySQL 4.1/5 are not available in the /stable/ |
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tree yet - you can however find the ebuilds in Portage. They are either |
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marked as ~arch (ebuild needs testing) or listed in package.mask (software |
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needs testing). Some of these versions (like 5) are said by MySQL AB |
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themselves that they shouldn't be used for production use yet. Gentoo |
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generally follows their advise. After all, who are we to question the |
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developers of MySQL :) |
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Same for PHP5. |
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Yes, J2EE support with Gentoo is a bit behind but I'm sure this'll change in |
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the near future. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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