Re: 5.3 release schedule and other bits

>> >> For example, you discussed changing some ini settings and the possibility >> of making short tags throw deprecated warnings. So I wouldn't be >> surprised if there are other changes in your forks. > > The change on the ini file is to avoid breaking applications (that > incorrectly rely on short_open_tag being On) on upgrade (which is very > important). We aren't doing anything really different, the default value in > the interpreter is still On. > > The warning was being proposed to make sure those applications are fixed to > avoid having to carry the ini patch too long. It's worth noting that PHP (as of 5.3) does not distribute a php.ini file that contains default values (like php.ini-dist essentially did). So I imagine issues arise when distributions want to enable one during the PHP install. Curious, do you enable one of the php.ini-* files by default? Which? Perhaps with a few other changed values to meet the defaults, like with short_open_tag? Regards, Philip