Administering Drupal

[Michael Ben-Nes]

I would use the standard package and not on the Ubuntu release. I prefer
updating Drupal by hand ( Its also what the manual require ) to avoid
content / plugin lost.
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Geoff Shang <geoff at quitelikely.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I find myself in the position of overseeing a Drupal installation on Ubuntu
> Server.  We're running the 8.04LTS version of Ubuntu with the intention of
> staying with it until the next LTS release (next year?).
>
> The problem I have is that Drupal 6 is not packaged for 8.04.  I got around
> this by installing Drupal 6.10 from Ubuntu 9.04, but even this has pending
> security updates.  So I'm considering updating to the version from the
> yet-to-be-released Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> But this raises a problem.  It's possible to update Drupal from within
> Drupal.  Given this, it begs the question - should I use the package system
> to provide a Drupal installation or should I just install the main upstream
> package asis and use its own updating capabilities to keep it updated?
>
> I can see complications ahead if I don't make a firm decision one way or
> the other, so I'd like the advice of anyone who has had to deal with this
> sort of thing.
>
> I don't know much about Drupal and I don't particularly plan to.  I've been
> asked to install it so that content people can do their thing with it, and
> that people in charge of specific sites on the machine can admin their bit
> of it.  Am I naive in thinking I can keep my distance from this?
>
> Geoff.
>
>
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