hi folks,
every now and then there are questions like: "in Debian, cant syscp be dependent on php5" and for sure 5 min. later the head of the opposite party will scream: "my application bim_bam_boing still needs php4 !"

what to do ?!

Solution: pretty soon we will be able to serve both sides. We will have an either/or switch regarding php4/php5, means you can choose among them. At the Moment we are performing excessive Installation-Tests to learn more about this change in dependencies. It seems we should declare a sort of "default" switch to point on the latest version (=php5) at least on fresh installs. Of course, the same thing will apply to Apache, where you can then not only choose between Apache 1.3 / Apache2 but also between (Apache2-)mpm-prefork/mpm-worker. Certainly the default pointer is on Apache2.

You can make combinations of PHP4/5 at one side and Apache 1/2 at the other :)

Documentation-change for the Etch HowTo is going on presently. The bad news: this change will be effective in Etch only, although Flo might release all that before Etch is stable(in order to have a short period of testing too)
best regards Ron