Distro to run Drupal on

[Keith Smith]

Appreciate the pointer.

On 2014-12-08 23:21, Eric Cope wrote:
> you can compile memcached too:
> http://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-install-memcached-on-centos-6/ [2]
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Keith Smith
> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
> 
>> Drupal 8 will require PHP 5.4.5  CentOS 7 comes with PHP 5.4. 
>> CentOS 6 is running PHP 5.3.3  I need a couple packages that are
>> not available in CentOS 6.6 such as Memcached 3.06. version 3.05 is
>> the lasted on.  I'm going to look into that repository the other
>> gentleman suggested to see if that resolves my issues.
>> 
>> flame war : an argument between Internet users who repeatedly
>> provoke each other with personal attacks through e-mail and other
>> forms of online communication.
>> 
>> On 2014-12-08 21:17, Michael Torres wrote:
>> 
>> Wow!  Are you really updating that much PHP code to out pace
>> 5.3?  I
>> am a bit confused though.......what exactly do you need?  Do you
>> need
>> a specific version of PHP?  or do you want the latest and greatest
>> linux server to run an older version of php?
>> 
>> If a latest and greatest distro of linux supports the latest
>> version
>> of PHP (lets say 5.5)  but your code currently only runs on 5.3 or
>> 5.4, just manually install the version of PHP that your application
>> runs on ( 5.3 or 5.4).  You can still get updates for that php
>> version from the repo's
>> 
>> Locally on my PC  i have Fedora and I I have PHP 5.5 running.....
>> 
>> At work on my work PC I have PHP 5.4 running for development
>> 
>> On our servers  we both 5.3 and 5.4 versions pf PHP running....
>> 
>> I use the eclipse IDE for development and if I need to develop for
>> a
>> specific version of PHP, I just change the properties in eclipse
>> and
>> the PDT plugin knows what is available for that version.
>> 
>> not sure what a flame war is..somebody enlighten me please!
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Keith Smith
>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have been on CentOS 6.x for a while.  And before that it was
>> 5.x... I support a Drupal install and CentOS just does not keep up
>> very well.  CenOS 6.x is running PHP 5.3 which is no longer
>> supported.  I understand RedHat maintained PHP during the O/S life
>> cycle.  At several points that was not enough.
>> 
>> I'm pondering another distro that is a little more current and
>> still stable.  This is to run Drupal on.  Any suggestions?  I'm
>> looking at Ubuntu as a potential distro.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance and I am not trying to start a flame war.
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
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