Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:85705 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 82126 invoked from network); 3 Apr 2015 06:32:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Apr 2015 06:32:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=pierre.php@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=pierre.php@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.192.49 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: pierre.php@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.192.49 mail-qg0-f49.google.com Received: from [209.85.192.49] ([209.85.192.49:36339] helo=mail-qg0-f49.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id DA/00-16005-1143E155 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2015 01:32:49 -0500 Received: by qgeb100 with SMTP id b100so46401416qge.3 for ; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 23:32:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=3A6zqFwXqYwnIkDK8SAZZ4R56rcG9QLr9cQE1WhtzDg=; b=Y7PgVr6Vz99UKS/R4l91aVFcryZwIgUMWH4HcGtg5StHWOlE0Se3S4o6pkS+1qusDL azm0lXf17veBMAkWxTXJ8XAuiXo6aXhTTaD5Cn+lx1vE/fhUbSadE1d8xmxhMFBjWUj6 TMsLZ804MSHbO8gfcZ6EgNflGj6cg1A0c3JvzttO9s3h/Uq57BzdDVy/CkZvxW13EaIV Z3kHGJ9MqmsHLUQv1/N77c9HfjJWTB2XpMR4+GxnhbZAViYv9QE1zKwvoAnGOpmxev9i 2WFP8BT/9UpevsHQ+ZzJqadKr3ILHQmAs5OI2WRl6rWXJJwUsr+Wr1xcSiHqQPf0z7g+ YQ1g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.55.33.11 with SMTP id h11mr1672578qkh.69.1428042766648; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 23:32:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.96.39.195 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:32:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.96.39.195 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:32:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <551E1D3F.3020703@gmail.com> References: <551BC7CF.3080309@birkholz.biz> <551C44C7.6060108@gmail.com> <551C48AC.3090908@birkholz.biz> <551C4A60.2050805@gmail.com> <551C5045.3010405@birkholz.biz> <551C56E2.8090100@gmail.com> <551C5AFB.7090107@birkholz.biz> <551C6296.40101@gmail.com> <036301d06d61$4e674370$eb35ca50$@php.net> <551E1D3F.3020703@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:32:45 +0700 Message-ID: To: Stas Malyshev Cc: Dan Ackroyd , PHP internals , Ferenc Kovacs , Ryan Pallas , Dennis Birkholz , francois@php.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1144d416d48beb0512cc1da7 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] What's our official stance on small self-contained additions in a micro version From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye) --001a1144d416d48beb0512cc1da7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Apr 3, 2015 11:55 AM, "Stanislav Malyshev" wrote: > > Hi! > > > +1 This is exactly it. The longer older versions are "supported" the > > longer they remain in the wild. > > 5.3 is unsupported and still has over 40%. 5.2 is dead for 4 years by > now and still beats 5.5 by factor of more than 2. So I don't think just > unsupporting something will make a big difference there. We see progresses with linux distributions, thanks our release process RFC. Yes significant changes have to be seen once users migrate to these versions. Ignoring this fact is dangerous, especially if it used to take decisions about adding features to patch releases (arguments why already mentioned). > -- > Stas Malyshev > smalyshev@gmail.com > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > --001a1144d416d48beb0512cc1da7--