On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Pas <pasthe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010.03.19. 19:50, la...@garfieldtech.com wrote: > >> On 3/19/10 1:31 PM, Nate Abele wrote: >> >>> The point is that, for instance, PHP 5.3 was not a trivial upgrade >>>> for coders or hosters. Sure it's mostly compatible, and you certainly >>>> can write code that works from 5.0->5.3 just fine, and if not then >>>> you're probably doing something wrong... but that's most of the PHP >>>> code out there right now. :-) And naturally you can't test your code >>>> against 5.3 until it's out. >>>> >>> >>> Larry, to mitigate this issue, please refer to the exhaustive list of >>> instructions here: >>> >>> http://twitter.com/nateabele/status/10733251789 >>> >>> PLEASE NOTE: This also applies to user-land applications with test >>> suites (and here I'm risking showing my ignorance by blindly assuming >>> Drupal does, in fact, have a test suite). >>> >>> Please see http://snaps.php.net/ and http://qa.php.net/ for more >>> information. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> - Nate >>> >> >> Drupal 7 has an extensive test suite, using our own testing framework >> rather than phpt. (Let's not get into a debate about why that's the >> case; it's neither here nor there nor would I even be on just one side >> of it. <g>) >> >> But that's for a high-end project. It doesn't really help the code >> slingers that happen to have code they threw together that is holding >> back a hosting company who don't even know what "make" is. >> >> I am not saying people shouldn't be testing code. I'm saying the barrier >> to entry to testing common code found in the wild on a new release of >> PHP is higher than you seem to be assuming. >> >> --Larry Garfield >> >> > I think this has something to do with a large part of PHP developers living > in a Windows world, where aren't any good test suites (let alone make). > > PHPUnit is wonderful; installing it is not exactly that enjoyable. > Particularly nasty part is getting a working PEAR system on Windows. (Just > think of the BAT/CMD scripts :| ) > > -- > Pas > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > It seems that the "Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch" was not merged into 5.3, I think it should be a good feature for 5.4 Could you check this old old list, maybe there are other nice left-out patches/ideas to pick up: http://news.php.net/php.internals/32330
Tyrael
