On Sun 13 May 2007 09:16:09 NZST +1200, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote:
5. resist to understand that distributions needs to move on in every aspect. and that usually means that legacy software should be removed.
Nice theory. In practice I think I understand what Stephan is talking about. Suppose your boss decides it's time to use http://www.phpprobid.com/auction-script-requirements.php or your customers decide to do the same, you have Stephan's situation: someone decides to use a piece of junk, and it's your job to make it work. No it won't work with php 5 (or mysql 5). Whichever way you look, you're stuffed. You said fix the script? Good luck when you're only having half the source, very common I take it with this zend smokescreen. I'd probably install SUSE 10.0 and hope that nothing else will require 10.1+. And I'd be swearing at the php people for a lousy language design which doesn't stay compatible with itself (Visual Basic is better than that?), and be annoyed with every lemming using it, thus forcing it down my throat as well (indirectly). Fortunately I don't have that job atm. My personal preference is still mv PHP /dev/null. I know someone who isn't having php on his server anymore because of the astronomical grief it caused. Does .asp cause less trouble? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org