Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:58475 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 48626 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2012 12:57:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Mar 2012 12:57:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain nebm.ist.utl.pt from 193.136.128.22 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt X-Host-Fingerprint: 193.136.128.22 smtp2.ist.utl.pt Linux 2.6 Received: from [193.136.128.22] ([193.136.128.22:35476] helo=smtp2.ist.utl.pt) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 10/8D-11220-1A3C05F4 for ; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:57:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F5970003A0; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:57:02 +0000 (WET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625) (Debian) at ist.utl.pt Received: from smtp2.ist.utl.pt ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.ist.utl.pt [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with LMTP id Byc6jYEhCqoz; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:57:02 +0000 (WET) Received: from mail2.ist.utl.pt (mail.ist.utl.pt [IPv6:2001:690:2100:1::8]) by smtp2.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A55700048D; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:57:02 +0000 (WET) Received: from slws007.slhq.int (a79-168-248-114.cpe.netcabo.pt [79.168.248.114]) (Authenticated sender: ist155741) by mail2.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CE0102008837; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:57:00 +0000 (WET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "PHP internals" , "Pierre Joye" References: Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:56:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: =?utf-8?Q?N=C3=BAcleo_de_Eng=2E_Biom=C3=A9di?= =?utf-8?Q?ca_do_I=2ES=2ET=2E?= Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.61 (Win32) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes") On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:34:21 +0100, Pierre Joye wrote: > hi, > > It should have been done before 5.4.0 was out, but better late than > never. > > I put together four options here: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol > > I'm in favor of option #1, as it gives enough time to our users to > migrate by reducing the maintenance period to only one year. > I'd go with another option: One year of bug fixes, one year of security fixes and bug fixes that are trivial to backport. The truth is most of the time is less trouble to just merge the fix to oldstable than 1) determine if the bug is possibly exploitable 2) ask the RM for approval 3) merge the fix 4) probably then you also have to remove the entry from stable NEWS to oldstable NEWS Plus, 5.3 won't accumulate known bugs so quickly. -- Gustavo Lopes