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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:54:33 +0300, Adrian CAPDEFIER
<adriancapdefier@digifin.ro> wrote:
>
>
> Grant wrote:
> > I need to get a version of mod_perl >= 1.99. I see there are
> > available 1.99.08, 1.99.09, 1.99.10, and 1.99.11 which are all ~x86.
> > I'm not sure which of these to grab. With a stable package I always
> > want the latest, but that may not be so with a masked package. Maybe
> > the oldest masked package is the most stable, but then again, maybe
> > the oldest masked package has problems that were fixed with newer
> > versions. Is staying on top of the ChangeLog the way to figure this
> > out?
> >
> > - Grant
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> >
> >
> >
>
> http://perl.apache.org will probably be the best place to find out about
> version changes (not revisions iirc).
> All new ebuilds enter the portage tree as "~arch" and stay there for
> about 30 days (from a developer on this list) so if apache realeased
> theese at an interval shorter than 30 days, guess what happens? :)
> I noticed that 1.99.11 was released in november 2003 (?!) and newer
> versions didn't get added. Also this ebuild does not seem to have
> apache/apache2 use flags so it doesn't detect my apache2 installed and
> by default tries to emerge apache by default. It could be it's not
> maintained any more.
>
> --
>
> Adi

Ok, sounds kinda tricky. I do have apache2 installed and it didn't
want to install apache1.3 so that's good.

- Grant

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Grant wrote:
> I need to get a version of mod_perl >= 1.99. I see there are
> available 1.99.08, 1.99.09, 1.99.10, and 1.99.11 which are all ~x86.
> I'm not sure which of these to grab. With a stable package I always
> want the latest, but that may not be so with a masked package. Maybe
> the oldest masked package is the most stable, but then again, maybe
> the oldest masked package has problems that were fixed with newer
> versions. Is staying on top of the ChangeLog the way to figure this
> out?
>
> - Grant
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>
>
>

http://perl.apache.org will probably be the best place to find out about
version changes (not revisions iirc).
All new ebuilds enter the portage tree as "~arch" and stay there for
about 30 days (from a developer on this list) so if apache realeased
theese at an interval shorter than 30 days, guess what happens? :)
I noticed that 1.99.11 was released in november 2003 (?!) and newer
versions didn't get added. Also this ebuild does not seem to have
apache/apache2 use flags so it doesn't detect my apache2 installed and
by default tries to emerge apache by default. It could be it's not
maintained any more.

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Grant wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:54:33 +0300, Adrian CAPDEFIER
> <adriancapdefier@digifin.ro> wrote:
>
>>
>>Grant wrote:
>>
>>>I need to get a version of mod_perl >= 1.99. I see there are
>>>available 1.99.08, 1.99.09, 1.99.10, and 1.99.11 which are all ~x86.
>>>I'm not sure which of these to grab. With a stable package I always
>>>want the latest, but that may not be so with a masked package. Maybe
>>>the oldest masked package is the most stable, but then again, maybe
>>>the oldest masked package has problems that were fixed with newer
>>>versions. Is staying on top of the ChangeLog the way to figure this
>>>out?
>>>
>>>- Grant
>>>
>>>--
>>>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>http://perl.apache.org will probably be the best place to find out about
>>version changes (not revisions iirc).
>>All new ebuilds enter the portage tree as "~arch" and stay there for
>>about 30 days (from a developer on this list) so if apache realeased
>>theese at an interval shorter than 30 days, guess what happens? :)
>>I noticed that 1.99.11 was released in november 2003 (?!) and newer
>>versions didn't get added. Also this ebuild does not seem to have
>>apache/apache2 use flags so it doesn't detect my apache2 installed and
>>by default tries to emerge apache by default. It could be it's not
>>maintained any more.
>>
>>--
>>
>>Adi
>
>
> Ok, sounds kinda tricky. I do have apache2 installed and it didn't
> want to install apache1.3 so that's good.
>
> - Grant
>
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>
>
>

OT: I saw your vs Debian thread so what did you go with in the end?

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:37:39 +0300, Adrian CAPDEFIER
> OT: I saw your vs Debian thread so what did you go with in the end?
>
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>
> Adi

I originally settled on Gentoo because of I was sick of trying to
figure out how to install each package I wanted, and then update each
package when necessary. Honestly, I don't see how people have put up
with that for so long. I guess there's RPM but that's never seemed
too slick to me. Both Gentoo and Debian have cool package management
but I chose Gentoo because it seemed more progressive.

My buddy tried Gentoo but quickly switched to Debian and was very
happy with the easiness. I like easiness! But even if Debian is
easier, I think Gentoo is better for me. I like the way Gentoo is
going, and also the fact that it is *going* somewhere. Debian seems
to have more of a "finished" attitude.

- Grant

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