Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:97407 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 8343 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2016 18:29:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Dec 2016 18:29:49 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=dz@heroku.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=dz@heroku.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain heroku.com designates 209.85.220.173 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: dz@heroku.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.220.173 mail-qk0-f173.google.com Received: from [209.85.220.173] ([209.85.220.173:36332] helo=mail-qk0-f173.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 77/30-21185-B9F81585 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:29:47 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f173.google.com with SMTP id n21so30669579qka.3 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heroku.com; s=google; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=fP2auW52ZXnp5EZ3huCW00hhtHJgS/pIxob41xtU5g8=; b=xi+490R5m1TV5LpoYlqbQUXWAv7CjLJq9iDoZ0CDe4ODyQAClbMLZjn7N8qcyTVuja lKdFz+MzlL1UbFe5MymMjCl92v+FQF9KVPRTBGJ2M4ERmDz6NgsbXE08lu3EOuNKjqaK /P+AwVjnvTqz78Xk9jdkht1GnK1VfWxF7BmTW7EQnUZITc/WgepUloR76O6IhowlSSia 2rEMCebsiq6p09VV2eBHAqscHqWIKC46VXgfBCETgx5+VeeyZu0QVSJ8Yel7Ky6hyhFn NixUsqoRUhknix90nDZcdNCQW+A9k0u7up87uthuUGMNAYJWvsMvIwDOo9DrtPBQaswY oL0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=fP2auW52ZXnp5EZ3huCW00hhtHJgS/pIxob41xtU5g8=; b=Wj2TJHAxc3T/YIyyqd8fBO0bycajpJZ9FKYdNhlvNaEVjEYnGzCaURkbzTM8DqyWu+ hZ+NKXWhHEM/TilIIjs94IcWZJKvA3KQ9tyQBwa8lLEpQZS2kmSKRzTllnJNH5nPb3uX g4SLdMxbgMB4rY4ydHb2fv/6P3PqSM/Qs3EjPklHTVFyc8K3gBc4VyPWDwBB9IxjrMgy W245GN4gL9hJOBRp6slDO+Qi31AQRZtAGQzQZOovPthx0vUm2sR/sGkWcvgXpdeAR40f 1zB6CGkLN8NSka6/TQkMnPUzdRATkwtjiFSzkAlW6uMgy5wjxb4lLYWoQSIks++ktFCl cm4A== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJsqCH/BaZm8fDQdml2rBub29r1nxRcryLuvKou3APpIXphRSnM5TGzCTqHveRzx6QX X-Received: by 10.55.21.25 with SMTP id f25mr113811qkh.132.1481740184183; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:29:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.16] (cpe-67-245-146-33.nyc.res.rr.com. [67.245.146.33]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c76sm32265923qke.0.2016.12.14.10.29.42 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:29:42 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:29:41 +0100 Cc: internals@lists.php.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: To: Dennis Clarke X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.6 end of active support From: dz@heroku.com (David Zuelke) On 14.12.2016, at 16:15, Dennis Clarke wrote: >=20 > On 12/14/2016 06:35 AM, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: >> Hi >>=20 >> On Dec 14, 2016 12:23, "Christoph M. Becker" = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Hi! >>>=20 >>> 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)? >>=20 >> Yes, 5.6 was extended to compensate for 5->7 adoption afair from an = rfc >>=20 >=20 > This is entirely too soon. At the present moment neither of the PHP = 7.0 > releases will compile clean on a strict POSIX environment. At all. The > version 5.6.x tree is perfectly stable and works out of the box = without > an endless compile nightmare whereas 7.0.14 and 7.1.0 won't even > compile. I guess I need to file more bug reports Yes, you do. PHP 7.0.0 was released a year ago. > and push through this > or the 5.6.x version will be dropped with no valid replacement that 5.6 will receive security fixes for another 24 months. > works in a strict environment. Perhaps the gcc compiler is an = absolute > requirement and if that is true then the code isn't acceptable to any > other compiler regardless if it is C99 compliant or otherwise. It appears to be, from looking at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D67229,= but that affects PHP 5 as well, not just 7. David