Re: PHP 5.2.0RC1 Released

Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:

The first release candidate of PHP 5.2.0 is finally out cool thing

and the source packages can be found here: http://downloads.php.net/ilia/php-5.2.0RC1.tar.bz2 (fa36d378f7f1fd547b881b6323ae2c60) merci bien , we need it.

Given the long time it took to make this RC there are A LOT of changes, both in terms of new features and bug fixes. Please try to find the time to test this release over the course of the next few weeks so any issues can be resolved. 8 tests failed is not a load , though 5 are related to filters.

If all goes well we will have a pre-final RC2 in about 3 weeks, tentative date August 14th. To see the full scope of the changes take a look at the NEWS file. The things of particular note are the 3 new extensions (zip, json and filter), which until now only had limited testing so any real-world testing would be highly appreciated. I did only monkey test.

There have also been some performance tweaks done in the engine, so try to see how PHP 5.2.0 performs compared to earlier releases, if you notice any depredations in speed, please make us aware of it.

Nice we come to it. -- toggg