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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 04:32:09 +0200 (CEST)
To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] fd patch
From: sascha@schumann.cx (Sascha Schumann)

On Tue, 20 May 2003, Zeev Suraski wrote:

> Just a last heads up before the release here.  Do we really want this patch
> in?  I think that it was put in a bug-fix release in a rather hasty manner,
> with no real reason.  We've already experienced one crash, there may be
> others - it's a very central piece of code.

    Yes, it is indeed very central and that is the reason why the
    old code caused so much trouble for a long, long time.  It
    fixes a nasty limitation on an important platform.  Certain
    SAPI modules like NSAPI, AOLserver, Apache 2 and thttpd are
    severely affected by this issue - they are basically useless
    on Solaris.

    The patch has been extensively tested -- I have so much faith
    in it, that is already running at a customer's site on
    several Solaris installations.

    If you want more exposure for the patch, I suggest rolling
    another RC and using our far reaching announce mailing list
    for generating feedback regarding the RC's quality for once.

    - Sascha