I think adding the fix to a package in backports is a good compromise. I wouldn't even suggest necessarily upgrading PHP to a newer version, just fixing this obvious bug. I don't disagree with your concern that changing this behavior now may affect people that have already had to work around it, but conversely I think it's important that it be fixed specifically because this is an LTS release. People running this release may not otherwise be able to upgrade to a fixed version for at least 2 years.
I'd certainly be happy to help out with the backport in some way, especially regarding testing, but I'm not very familiar with deb packaging. -- [Hardy][Regression] PHP 5.2.4 symlink bug breaks TYPO3 default setup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225600 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
