Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:47168 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 14378 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2010 16:50:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Mar 2010 16:50:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=pierre.php@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=pierre.php@gmail.com; sender-id=pass; domainkeys=bad Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 74.125.82.42 as permitted sender) DomainKey-Status: bad X-DomainKeys: Ecelerity dk_validate implementing draft-delany-domainkeys-base-01 X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: pierre.php@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 74.125.82.42 mail-ww0-f42.google.com Received: from [74.125.82.42] ([74.125.82.42:61280] helo=mail-ww0-f42.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 9C/58-13686-0C07A9B4 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:50:08 -0500 Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so966907wwc.29 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=eTpVGOYatGUkAml02aupRKXeNKnXjgO8/m1c2B22rvM=; b=sAQt4kTqc/fpdckuFRFRaQtSolbdUuqBlbIgM7BkGctyzfWVEZ4heiecY1Az1OnBA1 PLeVe4SsQWqwV7GganeL3Jz4UimpzAAaOwP+9xmhw+woMtOoPdrGQOiOuZq2acF7KOGT G4Br6uUtdMXmW49VbDS+4B/vsoGNbdZzLb/I4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=b770fZQzWW9wLoPV3BMSmdhkQSeBu5kT7PW83IPXdbbzOAyLWeIE/oqMOeGQWYIxAS /P+wL8ZwTHcLUPFZphFgjw/x7I89oN1uiMMXlcLMLl4HtW3GLffHodMtJBVzw2zR+HIk fB2t+ZI85Xqv88lWEDffJ31SDhvR/Zdm2j/0I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.145 with SMTP id w17mr933021wee.216.1268412605200; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B9A67FE.6010502@oracle.com> References: <4B9926E8.4080202@lerdorf.com> <4B995F83.1000605@prohost.org> <4B99639B.9030405@oracle.com> <4B996975.9070003@oracle.com> <4B997230.3070801@prohost.org> <1268348090.3959.52.camel@guybrush> <33cd61491003111817q3ff31924l7249a24b7de4d2e9@mail.gmail.com> <4B99D72B.40605@lsces.co.uk> <4B9A67FE.6010502@oracle.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:05 +0100 Message-ID: To: Christopher Jones Cc: Lester Caine , PHP internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6 From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye) On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: > > > Lester Caine wrote: > >> Currently maintaining the 5.2 branch is essential until such time as all >> extensions are available in official builds of PHP on windows! Forcing >> projects to change their development platforms simply to support a blinkered >> set of rules on PHP is not helpful in moving the project forward. How many >> extensions are currently stable in 5.2 on windows but not supported in 5.3? >> Private builds of the extensions in 5.3 are running without problems .... >> but having to direct users to other sites is as bad as the current >> fragmentation in the core code? >> > > Nobody is arguing against maintaining 5.2 for the near-mid future. > If you want Windows binaries, start building . . . . No need to, there were two missing, firebird and smnp. Smnp is back, firebird will likely be as well in 5.3.3 (thanks to Marius work). -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org