Updated packages (php, mysql and probably alot more) not available for F7?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mark wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I mainly use Fedora 7 for web server purposes but i'm currently
> missing the updates for both php and mysql.
> 
> The last php package for F7 : php-5.2.2-3.i386.rpm
> The latest MySQL package for F7 : mysql-5.0.37-2.fc7.i386.rpm
> 
> And i would like to have them both updated to: php 5.2.3 and MySQL
> 5.0.41.. i always thought that Fedora would update packages as long as
> it where no major releases.. but it seems like even some security
> updates (php 5.2.3 is mostly a security update release) fail to make
> it in the updates.

There is no policy against major releases. It is upto the maintainers to 
decide on pushing new versions into updates. Your best bet would be file 
   reports on bugzilla for both these packages and make the php report 
as a security issue.

Rahul