Hi,

> >> I suggest you uses the source rpm form Fedora. This will work supposing
> >> there is no requirement of packages from higher version than in SL4/RHEL4.
> >> Note that in this case you will lost the support on this particular package
> >> as it will block any errata/upgrade coming from Scientific Linux.
> >>
> >>    
> >
ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/source/SRPMS/php-5.1.2-5.src.rpm
> >> Rebuilt it :
> >>
> >>     rpm --rebuild php-5.1.2-5.src.rpm
> >>
> >> Then install the generated packages :
> >>
> >>     rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/php-*
> 
> or you could just use the php-5 rpms from the CentOSPlus 
> repository... ( more info at http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories ) 
> Saves you the hassle of building each time there is an update 
> upstream, and you can share the bugtracking / reporting / fixing 
> with the other people using the same repo.
> 
> > 
> > Either that or wait for SL5 which should be out shortly after RHEL5 (due next
> > month). Overall it's a couple of months wait really :), but if you're in a
> > rush, the above should work.
> >
> 
> its only the first public beta thats expected sometime soon ( in the
> next 4 - 8 weeks ), EL5 upstream isnt expected to release till End of
> this year / Jan 2007.

Yes you're right. I said the above based on what I read a few months back
where Red Hat said "3rd quarter of 2006". After googling all news I found
referenced December 2006. This was a good find though:

http://www.redhat.com/f/summitfiles/presentation/May31/Core%20OS/Johnson_Case%20Study.pdf

Page 5 shows a nice timeline of releases and updates.

> If you have info that might indicate otherwise, I am sure lots of us
> would like to know of that.

Regards,

Michael.