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#1 2015-10-30 10:10:31

feng-fr
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Registered: 2011-02-27
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PHP package

Hello,

PHP 7 will be soon released, and I wonder if PHP7 will be released in replacement of PHP5 or if there will be a PHP7 package.

PHP7 brings some backward compatibility breaks (as others minor versions did too), but also a ton of extensions will not compatible the day of the releaseand a lot of SAPI dropped, which archlinux still provide pakcages for. You can check http://php.net/manual/fr/migration70.re … -sapis.php to have a complete list.

That's why I think it's preferable to create a php7 package (or a php5 so "php" becomes 7). You could say we're gonna just do like always, php will becomes php7 an community will maintain a php5 package on AUR, as there is a php53 package or php54. This is not a random major version, it is a similar story to python2 => python3.

What you guys think ?

Last edited by feng-fr (2015-10-30 10:29:29)

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#2 2015-10-30 14:14:47

Scimmia
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Registered: 2012-09-01
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Re: PHP package

Generally, the "php" package would be updated to the latest version and a "php5" package created if it's really necessary. That will all be up to the maintainer.

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#3 2015-12-09 20:28:27

keevitaja
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Registered: 2015-08-22
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Re: PHP package

Any news when php7 will be available on official repositories?

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#4 2015-12-09 20:33:17

Slithery
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Re: PHP package

keevitaja wrote:

Any news when php7 will be available on official repositories?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130138

Last edited by Slithery (2015-12-09 20:34:41)


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#5 2015-12-19 14:17:06

Radioactiveman
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