Re: Opinon please - Host refuses to install a later version than 4.2.3 - says they're too buggy.

On Wednesday 23 July 2003 18:39, Steve Childs wrote: > Ok, I recently upgraded to 4.2.3 or rather my hosts did. However, I'm now > getting some mySQL crashes (we upgraded to mySQL 4 at the same time) which > didn't happen on 4.1.6 and also phpMyAdmin is reporting a bug with strings > in 4.2.3 and advises upgrading. > > The problem is the hosts refuse to upgrade to anything after 4.2.3 as 4.2.3 > is the only one packaged up with Debian (the OS used on the server) and > anything over 4.2.3 is too buggy to install, in particular 4.3.2 has quote > "In particular there are severe memory and semaphore issues with > 4.3.2 that make it almost unusable in a production environment." > > If that's the case, why hasn't 4.3.2 been fixed since late May? Or is my > hosting company just making up excuses? > > I would like to get away from 4.2.3, just wondering what people's thoughts > on the current version of php are. bugs.php.net to see the known bugs. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* To save a single life is better than to build a seven story pagoda. */