On 19.Okt.2013, at 05:05, John R Pierce wrote: > On 10/18/2013 1:52 PM, isdtor wrote: >> Can anyone comment on the use of 3rd party repos for newer versions of >> software like php, python and mysql? Two I am aware of are puias and ius. > > note that there is now a php5.3 in the base repository, I believe it was > part of the 6.4 update, its called php53. I would use this over a 3rd > party packaged version unless there's an overriding reason you need a > different build. Your are confusing 5 with 6? CentOS 5 has php 5.1.6 *and*, i.e. alternately php53 5.3.3 CentOS 6 always had php 5.3.3 php seems to be one of the things where upstreams backporting strategy did not fit anymore. -- Markus