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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 7.0.0 final RTM delay
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

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Pascal KISSIAN wrote on 03/12/2015 13:30:
> My main  concern is about which php version will be included in the next
> Ubuntu 16.04 LTS!

I wouldn't be surprised if most distros, whenever they add it to their 
primary package repo, will package php7 separately from php5, and allow 
them to be selected and installed side-by-side in various ways.

In fact, I'd be surprised if they *didn't* do that, since most already 
had it set up for //php4 vs php5.

It therefore comes down to whether a version of the php7 package is 
blessed as part of "Xenial Xerus", or whether you'll have to get it from 
a PPA (e.g. https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php-7.0)

I believe Debian / Ubuntu's stabilisation process is fairly strict and 
well-defined, so lobbying from "upstream" (i.e. people on this list) 
isn't likely to have a huge impact. They don't even follow the official 
point releases, preferring to fork from a well-tested point and maintain 
their own set of patches.

Regards,
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Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]

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