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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

Hi,

We already discussed LTS

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Would it be worth while to discuss the possibility of LTS releases
> (Long Term Support) with 5 or 7 year support (from time of initial
> release)...?
>
> 5.3 is 2.5 years old now. =A0Which means depending on the option that's
> chosen here, it'll be completely out of support a mere 3.5 to 4.5
> years after initial release. =A0For a platform or program, that's fine.
> But for a programming language, that seems a bit... =A0short.
>
> Instead, I'd like to see at least one current release be "LTS", or
> "extended support" which would then be covered by security fixes (at
> the very least) for at least 5, and possibly 7 or even 10 years after
> initial release.

It has been discussed already and it is impossible to do from our
sides. RHEL, SEL or other distros do that on their side. For us,
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/releaseprocess matters now. And the idea is
how can we make 5.3 fits into that while having released before this
RFC was approved. Please keep in mind that no matter the option, we
will be over 3 years, that's pretty good (given too that 5.4 is almost
100% BC).

Cheers,
--=20
Pierre

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