CoolthreadsCoolstack is a bundeled package of Opensource  applications optimized for Sun’s T1 hardware. More infos on CoolToolswebsite.The last version (1.1) was born « old », with only outdated packages.The new one, 1.2, comes with almost all latest versions : 

 

  • Apache version upgraded to 2.2.6. Added mod_fcgid-2.2, mod_jk-1.2.25, mod_proxy, SMF support.
  • PHP version upgraded to 5.2.4. Configure and compiler options changed. Added dtrace extension, FastCGI support. Added a configuration script, setup-ws7-php.sh for use with Sun Web Server 7.0. Default location of php.ini is now in /opt/coolstack/php5/etc irrespective of whether you’re using mod_php, php binary or php-cgi.
  • APC version upgraded to 3.0.14.
  • gmp library compiler optimization level changed from -fast to -xO4.
  • openldap CFLAGS now includes -D_AVL_H_.
  • MySQL version upgraded to 5.0.45. Compiler optimization flags changed, added support for ndbcluster and Solaris SMF support.
  • Memcached version upgraded to 1.2.2. libevent version upgraded to 1.3d along with some patches which are now in 1.3e. Changed compiler flags to include « -mt » and remove « -xipo » (memcached only).
  • Squid version upgraded to 2.6.16. Added SMF support.
  • Tomcat version upgraded to 5.5.23. Added SMF support. Tomcat now installs in /opt/coolstack/tomcat.
  • Ruby version upgraded to 1.8.6, rails to 1.2.3.
  • Added lighttpd 1.4.18.
  • Perl extensions DBI-1.59, DBD-mysql-4.005 and Sys-Syslog-0.18 have been added, DB_File removed.
  • Added pcre-7.1 as part of CSKruntime package. Currently used by lighttpd only.

 Check it out here. Let’s have a try before the Week-end time comes :)