Re: bugs: try newer version (?)

A lot of ISPs have not upgraded beyond 4.0.6, either because they don't upgrade fast, or because they wait for the main bugs to be found and fixed before installing something "stable". I've just checked my ISP and they're still running 4.0.6, and it's one of the major ISP in the USA. Not everyone know how to install PHP from the CVS, so I wouldn't discount 4.0.6 for now. Fab.

From: Dave Mertens <dave@zyprexia.com> To: James Cox <james@wherewithal.com> CC: "James E. Flemer" <jflemer@acm.jhu.edu>, php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] bugs: try newer version (?) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:31:12 +0200 On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 03:51:03PM +0100, James Cox wrote:

Is there some policy about when it's ok to pick "try newer version (bogus)" from the quick fix bug menu? Is there anyway to automate that, so when people report bugs in 4.0.6 they can immediately get a response telling them to upgrade and see if the problem has been fixed? There are still 484 open bugs for versions 4.0.x.

Given that we now recommend >= 4.1.2 for security, i think we can safely mark all before it as try newer version. I wonder, however, if there are still people out there using 4.0.6 because of their custom extensions? Most companies only upgrade their software if there is a bug that is influence the website their programming/hosting. Otherwise they don't upgrade that fast. "If it aint broken, don't fix it" is really used in production environments. We even have webservers that run php3, just because php4 isn't needed.. Most php servers at my work are running php 4.0.6. We only patched the upload-patch to the php-tree and re-installed php-4.0.6. So yes, their are still people that are running not the latest php version.. -- With best regards, Dave Mertens, Development Manager dmertens@ism.nl Innovative Solutions in Media BV Schiekade 101 3033 BG Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel. +31-10-2436060 Fax. +31-10-2436066 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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