[sles-beta] php disappeared in beta6?

[Richard Brown]

On Thu, 2014-05-15 at 14:47 +0100, Simon Flood wrote:
>  From the little information on modules leaking here I guess I'm not 
> understanding the need for them - before SLE12 there was a fixed
> version 
> of each package (sometimes two - think php and php53) on the release 
> media with updates online via Updates repo or download from Patch 
> Finder. If someone wants a (newer) version not available via media or 
> updates then they can build from source or turn to OBS. Is that where 
> modules are aimed?

Hi Simon,

I think the intention is to stop the need for users to build from source
or turn to OBS - both of these are going to result in a situation when
you're running untested software that potentially could cause issues and
that is hard/impossible to support.

Having Modules as repositories with their own release & support schedule
(separate from SLE) gives SUSE a way of delivering current versions of
PHP and other scripting packages in a supportable way is meant to be an
improvement on the past where these quickly moving software stacks were
all but impossible to support in a timely manner

Best Wishes,
- Richard
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