Juan, You need to be aware how RHEL distributes software. Please read https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting It's irrelevant in this case that PHP 5.3 is EOL. It will continue to be supported by Red Hat with security patches. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Juan Bernhard" <juan at inti.gob.ar> > To: centos at centos.org > Sent: Thursday, 22 October, 2015 17:20:02 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] PHP version not enough for developers > El 22/10/2015 a las 12:48 p.m., Valeri Galtsev escribió: >> >> On Thu, October 22, 2015 10:40 am, Jim Perrin wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 10/22/2015 10:31 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> So, it seems that the current version of PHP in Centos 7 is PHP 5.4.16 >>>> however this version of PHP stopped getting security support from the >>>> PHP >>>> people one month ago [1]. >>>> >>>> Now, our developers want to use the new and shiny PHP because they want >>>> to >>>> use the latest version of Zend. They are proposing using this package >>>> [2] >>>> but I never heard of this repo. >> >> For me it sound like an example of the difference between "bleeding edge" >> and "enterprise" systems. The first is what developers most often like, >> the second is what humble sysadmins prefer as they have to keep something >> developed long ago running for as long as possible - and without crashed, >> daemons dying etc (== "bleeding" which always accompanies "bleeding edge" >> anything). Sorry for venting my own usual pain here... >> >> Valeri > > PHP 5.4 is in EOL, it get no more security updates from PHP > developers... its may be a security risk to use this in in long term. > centos should change the php version more ofthen. I dont uderstand > centos 6, its still using php 5.3, who got EOL a year ago... I had to > switch to another repo to get this (to not get the headache by compile > by hand). > If you want to change to a log term support, you should use php 5.6, > this is under active development now. > centos packagers mantainers should listen the PHP developers in this > topic, they are the ones who really knows PHP > http://php.net/supported-versions.php > >> >>>> >>>> Other than building the packages ourselves is there a more acceptable >>>> way >>>> to run a later version of PHP? >>>> >>>> Thoughts? Experiences? Ramblings? >>> >>> I'm personally not a fan of the webtatic repository. This is mostly due >>> to the number of users on irc who seem to have problems with it. I would >>> recommend either the upcoming software collections packages or the IUS >>> repository packages. https://iuscommunity.org/pages/About.html >>> >>> IUS has been a very good/reliable way to get more recent versions of >>> things, and the folks responsible for it are active both on irc and in >>> the mailing lists. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Perrin >>> The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org >>> twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Valeri Galtsev >> Sr System Administrator >> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics >> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics >> University of Chicago >> Phone: 773-702-4247 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos