[Kolab-devel] PHP 5.3.3 in Kolab 2.3

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Zitat von "Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)" <vanmeeuwen at kolabsys.com>:

> Gunnar Wrobel wrote:
>> Hi Jeroen,
>>
>> Zitat von "Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)" <vanmeeuwen at kolabsys.com>:
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > It seems php-5.3.3 has made it into Kolab 2.3; I'm wondering whether this
>> > is an actual requirement for one of the packages, and if so, which
>> > package that is, because the ramifications include packaging a few extra
>> > dependencies for various platforms as well as adjusting requirements
>> > left and right.
>>
>> No, at the moment no package requires 5.3.*. At least not that I know of.
>>
>> At the time when I added the PHP 5.3.* line other distributions
>> started marking this stable and at the same time it was suggested that
>> support for the 5.2.* line would be dropped soon. Actually 5.2.14 has
>> already been announced as the "final" version of that branch last
>> year. We are now at 5.2.17 so I have to admit now that the switch
>> might have happened too early.
>>
>> On the other hand I assume that the Kolab Server 2.3.* branch will see
>> some long term support. If there would be no further security releases
>> on the PHP 5.2.* line in a few months I'd much rather stick to the
>> 5.3.* line now to ensure our software is working on that basis.
>>
>
> The former notwithstanding;
>
> php 5.2 will be supported for another 7 to 10 years.

While I have to admit that I consider that likely I wonder if you have  
a reference for this or whether this is an assumption?

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
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