Re: Bringing users along ...

On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 13:38 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > The default if it's not included in the .ini is ON, but the > sample .ini's both switch it off, and that is what the distributions > follow when creating a clean install. > > ALL that was required when the problem was identified was that <?= was > handled in PHP5.3 the same way it IS now handled in PHP5.4 and the > problem would not exist. This is an example of not thinking through to > production a simple change in the core PHP ... The default are the compiled in values. The provided ini files are suggestions with comments for improving the configuration above the default. Those values aren't the default for exactly the reason you identified. If distributions "force" those values on you complain there. And no, we won't change the core language (<?= like in 5.4) in 5.3. There should only be bugfixes, no feature changes. If you want to help please test 5.5 snapshots before the release and identify possible issues there. As Rasmus and others said we try hard to make migration simple while allowing evolution to happen, sometimes we fail, that can only be fixed before a release, we can't change the past, yet. johannes