Re: random observations on online PHP manual

Hi: On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:17:25PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > centos/RHEL, PHP 5.3-related packages are extremely easy to come by. > it may be that you have to look for the generally-approved repos (in > this case, http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/5/, among > others), > but they're easily findable. > > i stand by my position that having to download, configure and build > from source should still be listed as a last resort for most sane, > mainstream linux distros. For security reasons, it seems to me that building from source is far preferable to obtaining binaries from "unofficial" repositories. --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409