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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.6 end of active support
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 14.12.2016 at 14:05, Niklas Keller wrote:

> 2016-12-14 12:23 GMT+01:00 Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de>:
>
>> The end of active support for PHP 5.6 is documented to be on December,
>> 31th[1].  Does that mean that there'll be no further release with
>> "normal" bug fixes (but only security fixes)?
>>
>> [1] <http://php.net/supported-versions.php>
> 
> It has support until the end of the year, so I guess there will be one more
> release with regular fixes in early January.

Indeed, that is what I'm asking for: will PHP 5.6.30 contain "normal"
bugfixes, or security fixes only?

I'm asking because it's not clear to me whether "normal" bugfixes now
should go to PHP-5.6+ or PHP-7.0+.

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Christoph M. Becker