Re: PHP 5.4 branch and trunk
| From: | Nate Abele | Date: | Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:31:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 5.4 branch and trunk | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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> The point is that, for instance, PHP 5.3 was not a trivial upgrade for coders or hosters. Sure
> it's mostly compatible, and you certainly can write code that works from 5.0->5.3 just fine,
> and if not then you're probably doing something wrong... but that's most of the PHP code
> out there right now. :-) And naturally you can't test your code against 5.3 until it's
> out.
Larry, to mitigate this issue, please refer to the exhaustive list of instructions here:
http://twitter.com/nateabele/status/10733251789
PLEASE NOTE: This also applies to user-land applications with test suites (and here I'm risking
showing my ignorance by blindly assuming Drupal does, in fact, have a test suite).
Please see http://snaps.php.net/ and http://qa.php.net/ for more information.
Thanks,
- Nate