About to end 5.3 - Externals

11 years ago by johannes@php.net — view source

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Hi,

As the release of PHP 5.5.0 is imminent it is time to implement the
decision about PHP 5.3's EOL.

In https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol it was decided that PHP 5.3 should
go into "security only" mode once PHP 5.5 was released. As PHP 5.3.27
has been branched of and is aimed for release in two weeks time
(5.3.27RC1 tomorrow) this will be after 5.5.0 and therefore the last
"regular" PHP 5.3 release.

Currently there is no plan to release 5.3.28 so the
PHP-5.3 BRANCH IS CLOSED NOW.

In case you have missed today's branching point and have regular fixes
please alert me quoting the specific items incl. ETA so 5.3.28 or an
additional 5.3.27RC can be considered.

For security issues please contact me as well as security at php.net for
triaging.

Good bye 5.3, you were a great step for PHP!
Looking forward to a bright and open future!

johannes

11 years ago by Stas Malyshev — view source

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Hi!

Good bye 5.3, you were a great step for PHP!
Looking forward to a bright and open future!

Thank you Johannes for all you work on 5.3!

Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/
(408)454-6900 ext. 227

11 years ago by Felipe Pena — view source

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Yeah, good job on managing it!

And good job everyone who has worked on this remarkable version!

2013/6/19 David Soria Parra dsp@php.net:

Good bye 5.3, you were a great step for PHP!
Looking forward to a bright and open future!

Thank you for taking care of this branch for so long. Keep the good
job up.

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Regards,
Felipe Pena

11 years ago by Sebastian Bergmann — view source

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Am 19.06.2013 22:08, schrieb David Soria Parra:

Thank you for taking care of this branch for so long. Keep the good
job up.

Hear, hear.

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Sebastian Bergmann Co-Founder and Principal Consultant
http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://thePHP.cc/

11 years ago by Sherif Ramadan — view source

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Thanks Johannes! This will be the longest running branch in PHP's
history (spanning nearly 5 years now), not only PHP 5 (which is now going
on almost a decade). Superb job and thanks to everyone else who
contributed. Fair well 5.3... We'll miss you!

11 years ago by Pierre Joye — view source

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Hi,

As the release of PHP 5.5.0 is imminent it is time to implement the
decision about PHP 5.3's EOL.

In https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol it was decided that PHP 5.3 should
go into "security only" mode once PHP 5.5 was released. As PHP 5.3.27
has been branched of and is aimed for release in two weeks time
(5.3.27RC1 tomorrow) this will be after 5.5.0 and therefore the last
"regular" PHP 5.3 release.

Currently there is no plan to release 5.3.28 so the
PHP-5.3 BRANCH IS CLOSED NOW.

we have to announce this on the frontpage of php.net.

well, we have to be clearer. It is closed but for security fixes.
Which a totally different meaning than "closed".

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Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org

11 years ago by johannes@schlueters.de — view source

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David Soria Parra dsp@php.net wrote:

Currently there is no plan to release 5.3.28 so the
PHP-5.3 BRANCH IS CLOSED NOW.

we have to announce this on the frontpage of php.net.

The quoted message was sent after 5.3.27 was branched of to PHP core contributors to inform them not to push to 5.3 without consulting the RM and the security list. (or to allow them to complain in case there is urgent need for a "regular" 5.3.28 afterwards). The message is not aimed at users.

The 5.3.27 release notes will contain a similar message aimed at users.

johannes