[Westwales] My Dilemma

[Francis Tyers]

For MySQL, I downloaded the mysql source, and the debian patches, patched
the new source with the debian patches compiled and made it a package.

There will be a bit of hacking around but it works.

Another option is to use the experimental or unstable packages, I've done
this before, it doesn't really cause problems.

Another option would be to dedicate a server to MySQL and just run MySQL
on there...

Fran

> I've been using Debian for a while now (few years) and I've always found
> it to be great for servers. However I'm having a bit of a downer at the
> moment. Let me explain the way my litle brain thinks:
>
> 1) Only ever use STABLE for production servers.
> 2) Always use debian packages rather than compiling from source. You
> either buy into the package management thing altogether or not at all.
> 3) Compiling deb src packages should only be done for the src package in
> stable (i.e. same version as the binary package), as you have no idea
> about obscure dependencies or interactions with other
> libraries/applications.
>
> My dilemma is that I currently need a production webserver with Apache,
> MySQL and PHP. My project is bilingual, so I require UTF-8 support.
>
> Debian Stable packages:
>
> MySQL 3.23.49-8
> Apache 1.3.26
> PHP 4:4.1.2-6
>
> Current Stable versions of the above:
>
> MySQL  4.0.18 5.0.0 in ALPHA
> Apache 1.3.30 and 2.0.49
> PHP 4.3.4 and 5.0 is in BETA 4
>
> UTF-8 Support hit MySQL in version 4.1
>
>
> So what do I do? Anything is going to involve breaking one of my rules.
> Or I go out and buy a copy of RedHat EL 3.0 ?
>
> What distros do you go for in production servers these days?
>
> Cheers
>
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