Upon further research it looks like recompiling may no longer be needed. I remember awhile back some feature in a newer version of Apache - however I may be confusing that with my Ubuntu 10.04 (most of my other systems run Debian Wheezy).
In any case - PPAs are a patch for the problem not a solution (and specific to Ubuntu). PPAs require third-party support and if a security issue is found and he (or they) are on vacation - your custom version of Apache is vulnerable. It's not a big issue for something like Wine, but I would just have a warm fuzzy feeling if the security team behind the distro supported it.
I'm even guilty of using random debs however I always check for red flags and go with my gut feeling. I have worked with a group of Linux people who refused to install packages I wanted from the Red-Hat community repos onto the servers (though they would freely install packages they wanted...)
In any case - PPAs are a patch for the problem not a solution (and specific to Ubuntu). PPAs require third-party support and if a security issue is found and he (or they) are on vacation - your custom version of Apache is vulnerable. It's not a big issue for something like Wine, but I would just have a warm fuzzy feeling if the security team behind the distro supported it.
I'm even guilty of using random debs however I always check for red flags and go with my gut feeling. I have worked with a group of Linux people who refused to install packages I wanted from the Red-Hat community repos onto the servers (though they would freely install packages they wanted...)