Thanks for the info and tip on PHP5. I'll do some research. On 9/16/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:12:36AM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: > > I have read about sites offer PHP5 for use with Sarge. > > > > 1) Is there a downside or risk associated with these "unofficial" > > Debian packages? > > Do some Google searching and see if the benefits/risks are worth it to > you. I have seen discussions where people complain about PHP5 being a > total memory hog and not working with any of the free > caching/accelerating software, implying that Zend intentioally broke > compatibility so that people would buy their commercial accelerator. > That is just one thing. > > > 2) A more academic question I'm curious to know: Why doesn't the > > Debian team create and release PHP5 package for Sarge? > > > Becuase Sarge is stable and new packages will not be officially > supported. The release was already delayed by a couple of years when it > finally made it out. Adding a new family of packages that are still > somewhat experiemtnal in nature would have been Really Dumb(TM). > Besides, there are unofficial packages or you can just get the source if > you are feeling adventurous. > > > Thanks. > > > > -Roberto > -- > Roberto C. Sanchez > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto > > >
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