From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 20:57:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0189D37B401 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-64-169-107-97.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.169.107.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C76B43FE5 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7962166D74; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 70617675; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:57:38 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: r-militante@northwestern.edu Message-ID: <20030809035738.GA3313@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200308090319.h793JFwe013131@merle.it.northwestern.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200308090319.h793JFwe013131@merle.it.northwestern.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why is php4.3.3rc2 the latest version in ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:57:41 -0000 --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:19:12PM -0500, r-militante@northwestern.edu wrot= e: > pdflib version 4.0.1 is also broken in the latest ports tree. pdflib version 4.x has been withdrawn for download by the authors. There's nothing we can do about that. > many pages on our site were rendered useless, generated error messages, > etc. because of the broken pdflib support in php4.3.3rc2. i had to find > a way to downgrade my version of php back to 4.3.1 from 4.3.3rc2 in order= =20 > to fix it, which resulted in unhappy users for a couple of hours while i > figured out how to downgrade... >=20 > i should have done my research, i admit, before trying to upgrade. but -= =20 > why is 4.3.3rc2 - a *release candidate* the latest version of php in the > ports tree? You'd have to ask the maintainer, but at a guess the answer might be "Because the maintainer decided it was worthwhile, on balance, to update it" (perhaps the upgrade fixed a lot of other bugs that you have been lucky enough to avoid). I understand that this experience caused you a lot of difficulty, but the lesson you should probably take away from it is: * Don't perform blind upgrades on live systems without adequate testing and a fall-back plan. Kris --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/NHEyWry0BWjoQKURAhsCAJ9s8TOpcUSNbkwskVTsk/42de21bACg+fmo BnMd2EzleX0BXZc+x0hG7ZI= =3aUn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--