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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Announcing PHP 5.5 security-only
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On 22/06/15 23:40, Anatol Belski wrote:
> Hi,
> Actually I was relying on that page as well. While it would be great if 5.4 branch were blocked, as we would branch 7.0 ... disregarding were it wrong or not, IMHO 14th September should be the date. Even if the page is wrong, the info is public, people might rely on it. It doesn't enforce 5.4 to release without the reason, but it gives room to announce the EOL properly.
>
> Regards
>
> Anatol
+1 If a page says "Security Support Until 14 Sep 2015", it may receive 
support for longer, but it's really wrong to short it (at least without 
exceptional reasons).

And, if that's not how it really works, the page wording should be 
changed ASAP, and before 5.4 EOL (when people will hurry to see next one 
time frame).

@Adam, I was expecting the "gory details" to involve a of PHP commiters 
with black robes, faces hidden behind their hoods meeting overnight and 
an absurdly complex algorithm involving lunar cycles. instead you point 
to a manual override, but no descripcion on how it gets changed.