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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:51:02 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.6 Process
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi Ond=C5=99ej!

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Ond=C5=99ej Sur=C3=BD <ondrej@sury.org> wr=
ote:
> Hi Inf^Hternals,
>
> Debian freeze will happen in 14 months, that means that we might be able
> to squeeze PHP 5.6 into next Debian stable.
>
> One question though =E2=80=93 do you envision that the module ABI will ch=
ange in
> PHP 5.6?  (e.g. are there already plans to do so?) Obviously not
> changing ABI would make things much more simpler since it won't require
> the transition. Knowing before hand would also making things simpler
> since I could get pre-approval from Debian release team.

We surely may change it yes. Mainly due to better 64bit support,
size_t and int(32|64)_t usage. That will impact a lot of code, in core
or in external extensions. Help welcome in this area as it is a huge
effort.

Some remaining missing TSRMLS_* usage may be added as well.

Cheers,
--=20
Pierre

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