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Month: December 2012

  • They’re taking the Horde to Debian, to Debian!

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    Ralf
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    Now that Horde Groupware 5 has been released as stable software, a lot of users noticed the shortcomings of the PEAR packaging systems. It does not provide an easy and smooth way to upgrade Horde 4 to the latest bugfix version anymore. If you run Horde 4 apps that have not been ported for Horde…

  • Heads Up: PHP deprecates mysql extension in 5.5.

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    Ralf
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    In a recent developer vote, the php project decided to deprecate the mysql extension in PHP 5.5 and finally remove it from the main PHP project. It may or may not be available for a longer period as a PECL extension. The mysql extension has long been superseded by two more powerful extensions, PDO/Mysql and…