On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:56:52 +0200, Martin Geisler wrote: > Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Debian has more than 900 developers, a minimum amount of cooperation >> is necessary... > > May I then ask why the maintainers of PHP4 hasn't joined the > discussion? I think it would be important that they explain their > reasons for not having packaged PHP5 yet.
Probably because they were busy at conferences, or managing the sarge release. > > Adam Conrad wrote[1] in August 2004 that the PHP5 packages would be > uploaded soon, but that they had taken a backseat to PHP4 packages and > the Sarge release. > Yes, as Adam has repeatedly stated, he will work on php5 post-sarge. Considering the constant headaches that php4 provides, I can't blame him. > These are honest questions: > > * Do the PHP4 maintainers find PHP5 too buggy for inclusion in Debian? > Yes. Hell, I consider php4 too buggy for Debian. php5 is even worse. Have you seen the changelog[0]? These are not minor little bugs that are being fixed... > * Do they lack the time to maintain PHP5? > I seriously doubt it, but why expend the extra effort when a) it's not going to make it into sarge, b) the version of php that *will* be in sarge could still use more attention, and c) early versions of php5 are expected to be unstable. > I can understand that they want things "done right", but please, six > months is a long time. An update on the situation would be very much > appreciated. > The proper place for php5 right now (imo) is in experimental. I don't speak for any of the other php maintainers, of course; but personally if feel it's a waste of time to deal w/ it right now, time that could be better spent fixing other bugs in Debian. [0] http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]