Re: [RFC] Starting 5.3
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 07 May 2007 12:37:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Starting 5.3 | ||
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On Mon, 7 May 2007, Antony Dovgal wrote:
> On 05/06/2007 10:11 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
> > IMHO one good reason to start a new branch for 5.x would be the ability to
> > get rid off register_globals and magic_quotes in the 5 series without
> > having to wait for PHP6 to come around.
>
> That's exactly the reason I'm against creating 5_3 branch at this moment - I'm
> afraid that you (and everybody else) will start patching it and 5_2 will
> become 4_4 as it is now - security fixes only.. once in a month.. maybe.. or
> maybe not.
> You would be busy with 5_3, even though there is enough work in 5_2 branch.
Yes, and development should not be done in a branch anyway, but in HEAD.
regards,
Derick