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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.6 Process
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

On 10/16/2013 09:40 AM, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> 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 – do you envision that the module ABI will change 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.

Yes, chances are good that it won't be ABI compatible. I don't think we
have ever had a X.Y relased that was completely ABI compatible with X.Y-1.

-Rasmus