From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-07-17T00:07:46+09:00
Subject: Re: CentOS 5 - ruby-1.8.6 - openssl (getting off topic)

Patrick Derwael wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>> What I would recommend, therefore, is that you switch to a more flexible
>> and "bleeding edge" distro. In your case, since you're used to CentOS,
>> I'd recommend Fedora 7. 
> 
> 
> Well, to be honest, I have just been through the exercice of choosing 
> another distro...
> I have been using RedHat for a number of years, and decided NOT to 
> follow to RedHat5.
> Fedora came immediately to mind, but...
> I need Linux to run a number of tools (as end-user) under VMware.
> As this is is due to be production, the pre-requisites are quality and 
> stability (performance is not an issue and I build flexibility into VM)
> This is exactly how I came to CentOS.
> I have spent a significant amount of time installing/configuring/fine 
> tuning it, and was just trying to get the latest tool installed before 
> moving the VM to production.
> 
> What you are now saying is "throw it all away and start again". Hard to 
> admit to say the least, but I guess this is the best way to go...
> I suppose I will put CentOS on hold and give a try to FC7

Or stay with CentOS 5 and use the Ruby that ships with it, unless
there's some other reason not to do so. If stability is the prime
directive, I don't see any reason why the Ruby on CentOS 5 won't work. I
think it's 1.8.5. Does the CentOS openssl not work with the CentOS Ruby?
>