Does Redhat know something that the php team doesn't?

As you probably know redhat released version 9 of its distro. I read from http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/packages.html that it comes once again with 2.0.40 and php 4.2.2. Not even 4.2.3. I don't know if they have included CVS code in their release to fix the bugs that 4.2.3 fixes. It has been noted before that apache 2.0.40 and php 4.2.x is not a very stable combination. For once more they don't offer apache 1.3.x packages.... Maybe they have tested apache 2 with php 4.2.2 and they find that it is very stable. Can you guys confirm this if you have ever worked with redhat 8/9? Apart from that it seems that their version came out the worst moment ever... They have already released errata for sendmail and samba. So far I am reading that it isn't really a must upgrade since it offers mostly graphical improvements and nothing exciting. Spyros P.S. I installed redhat 8 and tried to use apache toolbox to compile apache 1.3 with php and mssql+odbc support but failed. http://rpms.arvin.dk used to offer a very good "scalable" rpm-based solution but it seems like he has abandonded it. If anybody has a good similar solution please let me know (remember I need mssql and odbc support)... Otherwise I will try apachetoolbox again.