On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Zeev Suraski <z...@zend.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: morrison.l...@gmail.com [mailto:morrison.l...@gmail.com] On > > Behalf Of Levi Morrison > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:29 AM > > To: Xinchen Hui > > Cc: Andrea Faulds; PHP Internals > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] PHP 5.7 > > > > >> There has been some debate about whether to make “PHP 5.7". I have > > made a very simple RFC. It proposes a final minor version of PHP 5, PHP > > 5.7, > > to be released at the same time as PHP 7, with no new features > whatsoever. > > >> > > > I am wondering why we need that? no new features.... > > > > > > I think we can extend 5.6 release cycle to avoid that.. > > > > Extending the PHP 5.6 release cycle doesn't give an opportunity to raise > > different E_STRICT and E_DEPRECATED messages in preparation for PHP 7.0. > > This may or may not be something you value, but it's something I > > personally > > value. > > I don't see why we'd need new E_STRICT's, but what stops us from adding > E_DEPRECATED to 5.6.x? > > I think the likelihood of getting these notices in the hands of people goes > way higher if we put it into 5.6.x, which will be perceived as a bug-fix > release, than a 5.7.0, which will be perceived as a feature release. > > as you mentioned distros lock in to a specific micro version, so if we introduce this deprecated messages in random micro version, we make it less likely for the users to stumble upon those deprecated messages and it will be also harder for us to communicate the upgrade path: compare: okay, you only have to install PHP 5.7 check out the deprecated messages in your error logs, fix those and you are ready to upgrade to 7.0 vs okay, so install 5.6, but make sure that it is >= 5.6.x, except for distro Z, because they bumped the version but only backported the security fixes but did not include the last deprecated message and if you fixed those deprecated messages from your error log, you are ready to upgrade to 7.0.
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