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Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 19:11:54 +0200
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Subject: PHP 5.3.0RC2
From: johannes@php.net (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

Hello!

we have packaged PHP 5.3.0RC2, which you can find here:
http://downloads.php.net/johannes/

Windows binaries are available here:
http://windows.php.net/qa/

This second release candidate focused on bug fixes and stability
improvements and we hope to only require minimal changes ahead
of the next release. Many, but not all,  of the new features are
already integrated in the official documentation on php.net.

Please not that we are aware of minor issues including that we still 
want to fix (though most of them have also affected PHP 5.2) and a 
crash bug in affecting source files with a size of exact 8k (See Bug
#48934). Expect an RC3 in 2-3 weeks time, though  for most users 
there will not be a noticeable change meaning that now  is the time 
to start doing the final testing of PHP 5.3.0 before it gets released 
with any unnecessary incompatibilities with your project.

Some additional links to get started:
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=PHP_5_3
http://wiki.php.net/doc/scratchpad/upgrade/53

Best Regards,
Lukas and Johannes
PHP 5.3 Release Managers