RE: [PHP-QA] PHP 4.2.3RC1 ?

Hi Sebastian, At 16:08 28-7-2002 +0200, Sebastian Nohn wrote:

yes it was, but it was canceled, as Stig, Derick and others agreed, that it would delay 4.3.0 too much. Nobody needs 4.3 with 1000 new features, everybody needs a PHP Version that has at least as few bugs as 4.0.4pl1. At least a 4.0.2pl1 fixing the so far closed bugs would be great. I have _SERIOUS_ problems with theses bugs for example: #17449 #18228

Yes, there are others who feel this way - but basically it boils down to who is qualified AND has the time to take this task upon him/her. I for one am not qualified as I don't have a solid understanding of C nor the build system. Further more - QA of two releases is not a good idea, so the whole thing should be done in an acceptable timeframe, so that it doesn't delay 4.3 release too much. Maybe we could sweet-talk Stig into it ? :-) Or Zeev as he's on the same bandwagon. [...]

That - and nobody else has the time to coordinate the effort, while Derick is on vacation. So the plan now is, to start branching and QA 4.3. Strange that people have time for this.

4.3 has another release-master - Stig.

Anything revolutionary announced for 4.3.0?

Well - and that's my own problem with not releasing 4.2.3 also. There's a new build system and while tests are on-going, the real bugs will show in the first release and hopefully during QA. Then there are some new extensions, re-work of the whole PEAR structure, introduction of PECL. It's a whole lot of new stuff that didn't have any production experience apart from a few dedicated people - and as you mention, with a bunch of bugs in 4.2.x that disturb basic operations or required functionality for an extension, I'm also in favour of a 4.2.3 release, but as I said - it boils down to: who steps up to the plate to coordinate the effort? Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards, Webmaster IDG.nl Melvyn Sopacua