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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP Release Process Sucks
From: cellog@php.net (Greg Beaver)

Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
> Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
> 
>>For every RC we already send an e-mail to about 12 projects asking them
>>to test their code against the release and let us know of any issues
>>that come up.
> 
> 
>  Sadly, this does not seem to work. Maybe because nobody from the
>  projects feels responsible?

Geez tensions are running high.

I am the tester for PEAR, and I tested the PEAR Installer (I do not test
the gazillion packages that I don't maintain) and it worked great with
PHP 5.1.4.  PEAR doesn't use $_POST and I did not detect any errors.

In the past I have found at least 4 PHP bugs when testing PEAR with PHP.
 The fact is, most of the bugs I find are found the instant they are
introduced as I use the CVS of PHP_5_X for my testing.  In fact the
system is working quite well from my end, but I can't vouch for other
projects.

Greg