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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.4.0 rc6 and release
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

André Rømcke wrote:
>> >  I disagree. The lesson here is that the Ubuntu's security team should
>> >  have discussed with us to see what are actually their worries instead
>> >  of not following what is actually a good move for everyone.
>
> Why? It is common practice to avoid .0 releases, including those from PHP:)
>
> Actually, this is not a bad thing at all.
> It makes sure lots of PHP projects and Frameworks stays on 5.3 as a common
> base for the next 1-3 years, introp wise that is a good thing.
>
> And those that want the extra 5.4 stuff can get it somehow anyway, and as
> part of the distro in 7 months.

Or another 3 years time ...

I've taken over support for a number of php websites across a couple of ISP's. 
Currently they are running on PHP5.2.10 because that is what has been provided. 
And the upgrade by one of these has been announced for May ... to 5.3.10
Changing that to 5.4 was ruled out by the ISP because they would need to rerun 
all of their tests, and they had given up waiting for 5.4 at the end of last year.

Real life users need 6 months to bed new things in, so I can well understand 
Ubuntu's stance. It makes perfect sense NOT to rush something new in. I've got 
to check all of my customers sites will still work in May so finishing work on 
moving other sites to 5.4 is on hold .... I've already had the panics by 5.3.10 
being installed on another ISP and having to get sites on that machine working 
again. Nothing has changed on what the SITES are doing, only config settings 
screwing up BC :(

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