We have built some upgraded Hsphere rpms for PHP, apache, accelerators. Below is our current changelog. If you are interested in trying out these packages email us and provide your CP url.

Hsphere PHP5 rpm changes:
+upgrade php from 5.2.17 to 5.3.6
+sqlite3 enabled from extensions
+sqlite3/sqlite moved to extensions from pecl - removed pecl sqlite build method in script
+sqlite shared library upgraded from 3.3.3 to 3.7.6.3
+pdo_sqlite php configure changed to --with-sqlite=shared to --with-sqlite=shared,/hsphere/shared
+dbase moved to pecl from extensions - version 5.0.1 - added pecl build method to script.
+ncurses moved to pecl from extensions - version 1.0.1 - added pecl build method to script.
+fileinfo moved to extensions from pecl - removed pecl fileinfo build method in script
+htscanner upgraded from 0.8.1 to 1.0.0
+curl upgraded from 7.15.3 to 7.21.6
+libidn upgraded from 0.6.11 to 1.22
+Sablot upgraded form 1.0.2 to 1.0.3
+set php compile option --enable-fd-setsize=4096
+mssql enabled from extensions - do not enable unless you, yum install FreeTDS.
+pdflib enabled from pecl - do not enable unless you, compile PDFLib Lite.
+geoip enabled from pecl - do not enable unless you, yum install GeoIP.
+suhosin enabled from source - Turned on by default.

Hsphere hsphere-php-accelerators rpm changes:
+remove ZendOptimizer support for php 5.3.6, still used for php4.
+added ZendGuardLoader support for php 5.3.6 replaces ZendOptimizer.
+Ioncube updated to support php 5.3.6
+eaccelerator updated from 0.9.5.1 to 0.9.6.1 for php 5.3.6 support, php4 still uses old version.
+APC updated from 3.0.19 to 3.1.9  for php 5.3.6 support, php4 still uses old version
+Xcache updated from 1.2.2 to 1.3.2 for php 5.3.6 support, php4 still uses old version

Hsphere apache2 rpm changes:
+upgraded apache to 2.2.19
+upgraded pcre from 7.6 to 8.12
+upgraded modsecurity from 2.5.9 to 2.6.0
+upgraded mod_macro from 1.1.8 to 1.1.11
+upgraded mod_auth_kerb from 5.3 to 5.4
+upgraded mod_authnz_external from 3.1.0 to 3.2.5
+upgraded libxml2 from 2.5.32 to 2.7.8
+compiled with FD_SETSIZE at 4096

Hsphere Scripts changed - (separate patch file):
+set_hsettings - added new zendguard in php5.and changed ioncube to load the threaded version.

Hsphere addon ExtraPHP.hsp:
+added support for enable/disable from pserver section for geoip,suhosin,pdflib,mssql in the php xml.
+changed wording for apache2 modesecurity and zend warning.