Server Task List 4/3/2006

[Guy Smiley]

I think I'm going to upgrade php from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2 right now.  Hopefully the forums won't crash and burn during this...

I had a few issues when upgrading from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2, but I was able to get them ironed out.  Nothing too difficult. 

I'm beta testing on 5.1 with the software we're using for the new site to make sure the transition to 5.X in the future will be smooth sailing.  There's a LOT of differences, but for the most part, seems ok.  One cool thing about 5.X is the object oriented scripting.

MySQL 5.X is kinda nice too... with the stored procedures and whatnot.

[TempoGL]

can someone explain in plain english what the hell you guys are talking about?

Thanks,
Mr. Retard

[moses]

Chat light is flashing...Yet i am not in chat.

[Gantry]

I think I'm going to upgrade php from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2 right now.  Hopefully the forums won't crash and burn during this...

I had a few issues when upgrading from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2, but I was able to get them ironed out.  Nothing too difficult. 

I'm beta testing on 5.1 with the software we're using for the new site to make sure the transition to 5.X in the future will be smooth sailing.  There's a LOT of differences, but for the most part, seems ok.  One cool thing about 5.X is the object oriented scripting.

MySQL 5.X is kinda nice too... with the stored procedures and whatnot.

Since the SMF (forum) software does 99.9% of the php code and DB work, I'm sticking with MySQL 3.23 since it "ain't broke" - ditto with php.  I only do php upgrades because the version of RedHat I'm using was very slow to fix a security update, so I hand-compiled a new version awhile back.  So periodically I compile a new one when security updates come into play.  Much to nightwulf's chagrin, I've become an rpm (precompiled packages) whore and prefer to let Redhat release the updates.

The hardware for dee-nee is a bit slow and we pretty much max out RAM (384MB) right now, so a new server will come at some point.  I'm just lazy and there isn't a pressing need yet.  If I found out that SMF would run quicker and with less memory under php/mysql 5, then I'd compile.  But for now everything is chugging along nicely...

EDIT - Quick edit fkn rules!

[Attezz]

I think it also puts the choice that you voted for in a poll in bold.

[Gantry]

Ah, good catch!  It certainly does...

[Guy Smiley]

I think I'm going to upgrade php from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2 right now.  Hopefully the forums won't crash and burn during this...

I had a few issues when upgrading from 4.3.11 to 4.4.2, but I was able to get them ironed out.  Nothing too difficult. 

I'm beta testing on 5.1 with the software we're using for the new site to make sure the transition to 5.X in the future will be smooth sailing.  There's a LOT of differences, but for the most part, seems ok.  One cool thing about 5.X is the object oriented scripting.

MySQL 5.X is kinda nice too... with the stored procedures and whatnot.

Since the SMF (forum) software does 99.9% of the php code and DB work, I'm sticking with MySQL 3.23 since it "ain't broke" - ditto with php.  I only do php upgrades because the version of RedHat I'm using was very slow to fix a security update, so I hand-compiled a new version awhile back.  So periodically I compile a new one when security updates come into play.  Much to nightwulf's chagrin, I've become an rpm (precompiled packages) whore and prefer to let Redhat release the updates.

The hardware for dee-nee is a bit slow and we pretty much max out RAM (384MB) right now, so a new server will come at some point.  I'm just lazy and there isn't a pressing need yet.  If I found out that SMF would run quicker and with less memory under php/mysql 5, then I'd compile.  But for now everything is chugging along nicely...

EDIT - Quick edit fkn rules!

which RedHat distro are you using?  I've used 7.2(i think), 9.0 and now i'm using RHEL (AS) that I found on bittorrent.  It's pretty sweet... kinda like Fedora but a lot better. 

[Gantry]

Dee-Nee runs on RedHat 7.3, which is probably close to 5 years since the original install.  Thus, finding updated packages for it is pretty much nonexistant, hence the need to sometimes compile.  Until there is a compelling reason to upgrade, however, it'll likely stay...

If I were to upgrade tomorrow, it would be running CentOS 4.x, which is a free, binary perfect version of RHEL 4.

[nightwulf]

One day I will storm the Dee-Nee office, guns blazing, and install Slackware.

[Guy Smiley]

One day I will storm the Dee-Nee office, guns blazing, and install Slackware.

spoken like a true nerd...er... programmer.

[GDavis]

Man, that guy ruled at special teams

[TempoGL]

can someone explain in plain english what the hell you guys are talking about?

Thanks,
Mr. Retard