[INTERNALS-WIN] Re: New Windows/others dependencies for bundled GD in PHP 8.6?

From: Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:28:25 +0000
Subject: [INTERNALS-WIN] Re: New Windows/others dependencies for bundled GD in PHP 8.6?
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> You mean each lib* has a tag with the  <library>-<version> as name?

Yes, that is correct.

> Some can, others can't. I will try again while trying to avoid custom patches.

It should be possible using the cmake arguments. 
You might need patches to follow the _a.lib convention for static libraries we have if the upstream
follows a different naming.

> Would it be ok to add 4.7.2RCn for 8.6? it is about to be released and
> contains some sec fixes, then update to final 4.7.2 when released.

Yes, that would be fine for now.

Thanks
Shivam

> On 2 Jul 2026, at 3:39 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Shivam,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM Shivam Mathur <contact@shivammathur.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Pierre,
> 
>> I saw the new workflows briefly. I will have a look later today.
>> 
>> A couple of things I noticed.
>> 
>> In winlibs we follow the convention for tags as <library>-<version>, (like
>> libcurl-8.21.0) and that passes to the artifact names in the workflows, so please retag them.
> 
> You mean each lib* has a tag with the  <library>-<version> as name? I
> have been using the upstream tag name, I can retag using
> <library>-<version> for sure, thanks.
> 
>> I would prefer if we did static builds for these new libraries and avoided introducing any
>> new DLL files.
> 
> Some can, others can't. I will try again while trying to avoid custom patches.
> 
>> Yes, we add the builds to the staging manifests for upgrades/new libraries. We use the
>> workflows in https://github.com/php/web-downloads
>> to manage the uploads and manifest updates.
>> I can do the builds this weekend and upload them.
> 
> Thanks! Ping me if there are any issues with the added ones (green now
> for the added ones), I can fix them if needed. I am adding libtiff.
> Would it be ok to add 4.7.2RCn for 8.6? it is about to be released and
> contains some sec fixes, then update to final 4.7.2 when released.
> 
> best,
> -- 
> Pierre
> 
> @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org

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