The CentOS team is pleased to announce the availability of CentOS 5.0. Major changes in CentOS 5 compared to CentOS 4 include:
These updated software versions: Apache-2.2, php-5.1.6
... RHEL 5 has moved all the way up to PHP 5.1.6 from RHEL 4's mere PHP 4.3.9
We are getting there.
Now there's another catch there. Its far easier to upgrade the PHP/Apache than OS. Lets see: 1 ) Most people manage their servers remotely even people who pay for dedicated servers. So upgrading PHP means if it goes wrong I am still logged on to my server and can revert back. If I upgrade my OS and it goes wrong I am stuck and it goes out of my control as most people cant install OS remotely. 2 ) Most production server will be Ok with upgrading PHP/Apache as its still application than upgrading the OS. You can always have php4 & php5 installed on same machine. 3 ) RHEL5/CentOS5 have recently been launched and there are issue with stability. So most people will wait till its stabilized before upgrading. So as I understand new servers may use RHEL5/CentOS5 older servers are in no rush to upgrade. Now even if RHEL5 becomes prominent platform we are again stuck with PHP 5.1 , while we are planning to target PHP 5.2 . So Jonathan is right that we are moving at pace of RedHat. Although I am in full favor of move to php 5.2 soon but hosting companies, which rely on "yum update" for maintaining their servers, wont come on board esily. ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html