fedora life span

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:34:19PM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> For major packages used in production I have started building them from
> source.  (apache, php, postgresql, etc)  As such I can apply patches
> directly from the developers when needed.  True, I don't use RPM for
> those packages but then I have a little more control over what options
> are included.  

Scot -- I suggest going a step further. There's a bit of a learning curve
for RPM, but it's not too bad, especially when starting from already
existing packages. Instead of building and installing the source directly,
build your own RPMs. Then you have the advantages of both.

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