[CentOS-devel] PhpMyAdmin in testing repo

Mon Apr 3 19:27:25 UTC 2006
Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>

On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:11:03AM -0700, Mike Stankovic enlightened us:
> What is the rationale behind phpMyAdmin 2.7.0 as a
> CentOS package? The new  2.8.0.2 introduces a new
> authentication mechanism. How do you plan to handle
> upgrades ie if someone has 2.7.0 and needs to get 2.8?
> 
> I know Gentoo and Debian have phpbb (which I'm not
> concerned about) but they must face similar problems
> with all the security releases.
> 
> Improve the mailing list by performing a simple search before posting and
> reading the faq/etiquette. Thank you!!
> 

I think these reasons are why the phpMyAdmin package will probably go away.
There are too many upgrade issues to keep up with to make it worth packaging. 

Matt

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