> > would it be possible to simply have PHP5 delayed until 7th July? > > We could add GIF write support within GD lib, because on the 7th of July > > the patent is world wide lifted. > > I don't want GIF support in ;-) > While I appreciate your reasons for not wanting GIF and agree with them on an academic level, I don't think it makes sense from our user's perspective to hold back support for something for which the base code already exists and requires only a small amount of administrative front-end work.
As to release timing, I'd feel uncomfortable "adding" a new bundled libgd the day of/day before release. I'd sooner release 5.0.0 on the 4th, add GD on the 8th, and RC 5.0.1 once or twice. It's technically an exception to feature freeze within a minor version, but it's an exception within the bundled library only, not within any of the PHP wrapper code. In any event, users have the option of using the GD library directly from boutell.com at any time from the moment the author releases it. The PHP release doesn't need to bundle it for it to work. -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
