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Subject: What is still missing from windows builds ...
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

 > Currently I am still working my way through the holes in PHP5.3.x which is why
 > PHP5.2 is STILL the last stable release as far as my ( windows ) customer sites
 > are concerned. SO sensible debate on the next step forward IS more important and

What's wrong with 5.3 on windows (separate topic please :)

A number of extensions were dropped because of the rules applied to building 
them. In my case php_interbase is missing, and since Firebird is the only 
database I use it's something of a problem. So we simply build it and supply it 
from the Firebird site. But other extensions are also still lagging behind in 
conversion to being PHP5.3 compatible.

For an off the shelf windows PHP5 build, 5.2.14 is the only one that includes 
these libraries off the shelf and until 5.3 does I can't point my own customers 
there.

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