Re: [RFC] Release Process

On 1/2/11 11:56 PM, Christian Kaps wrote: > Am 03.01.2011 02:41, schrieb Enrico Weigelt: > >>> >>> No, as usual on Gentoo, config files are never overwritten, but >>> written to another place and tools like etc-update show you the >>> differences. I've merged the configs manually, and I'm pretty >>> sure I didn't add anything like error_reporting=On, etc. >>> But I can't tell if these options had been previously set at all, >>> so it's maybe a matter of built-in defaults. >>> >>> >>> cu > Hi, > > Sorry for the noise. Here is the correct answer. > > Since ebuild php-5.3.3 Gentoo introduced a set of new features. One of > them is the PHP_INI_VERSION variable in the file /etc/make.conf. If you > don't set this variable, Gentoo installs the development version of the > php.ini file. I think this is your problem. For more informations you > can visit the Blog from the PHP ebuild maintainer. Thanks for clearing that up. We do seem to get blamed a lot for breaking stuff between releases. The truth is that we try really hard not to, but there are a lot of moving parts that we have no control over. Changes in 3rd-party libraries and distro-specific stuff like this as well and most of these issues end up being attributed to us. -Rasmus