Re: Plan regarding RC4

From: Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:51:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Plan regarding RC4
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On Tue, 20 May 2003, Sascha Schumann wrote: >> I'm a bit worried now after experiencing those segfaults >> this patch caused. I do have some personal reasons for >> saying 'yay', but I can see the possible problems this might >> cause if there are even more of those crash bugs lurking. > > The changes are not as massive as Zeev wants you to believe. > They are largely based on modifications which have been in > PHP 5 for months. These changes are completely stable today. > They have received massive coverage tests at Yahoo and at > Uwe's and my clients' sites. They are deployed in real-life > applications on a diverse set of platforms. > > What else can you ask for? For you to revert the changes for now and re-apply after we get 4.3.2 out the door. And we'll start the release process for 4.4.0 right after that. Or we can continue this (endless) thread about whether or not we should include the patch..and won't get any release out ever. :) --Jani

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