<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv7180709839"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_41"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"><br></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_52" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">Hi,</span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_56" style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><br style="" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_59" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">I want to test some PHP code on future versions of PHP / MySql / MariaDB.</span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_63" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"
class="yiv7180709839"><br style="" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_120" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">I'm running CentOS 6.5 that installs php 5.3.3-27 which is at it's end of life. It is my understanding RHEL 6.x will always be using PHP 5.3. Is that correct? RHEL will be supported until Nov of 2020. That is a long time to be running a PHP version that is at end of life. I understand RH will back port any bug or security fixes to PHP 5.3 (which actually breaks the version numbering system).<br></span></div><div
id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_70" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><br style="" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_73" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">It is my understanding RHEL will be based on Fedora 19. I am downloading Fedora 19 now. I assume testing on Fedora 19 will get me in the ball park for RHEL 7. RHEL 7 will come with MariaDB as it's default DB. I assume I will not
see </span><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">RHEL 7 in the form of </span>CentOS 7 for year or two?<br style="" class="yiv7180709839"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_77" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"><br style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_84"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_80" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"
class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">I assume there will be several more releases of RHEL 6 since it will be supported for over 6 more years.</span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_102" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><br></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_128" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839">If I plan to stay with CentOS 6.x and if it will use the same MySql and PHP versions until end of life and if RHEL/CentOS 7 will be based on Fedora 19, I assume that is the only configurations I need to test on and I assume
that will take me through 6 to 10 years. Is this a fair expectation and a valid plan?</div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_126" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><br id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_1_1399384202323_12285" style="" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_105" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">Any feed back and advice is much appreciated. <br style="" class="yiv7180709839"
id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_89"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_85" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48"><br style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_94"></span></div><div id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_90" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;" class="yiv7180709839"><span style="" class="yiv7180709839" id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_48">Thanks!!</span></div><div style="" class="yiv7180709839"
id="yiv7180709839yui_3_13_0_9_1399384202323_45">Keith<br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>