Re: PHP 5.3 - end of live schedule

hi Johannes, On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Johannes Schlüter <johannes@php.net> wrote: > Hi, > > after 5.4.0 was released we had a discussion on 5.3 EOL. Even though it > wasn't properly documented the overall consensus was to go with option > one from https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol "One year with > bugs fixes > followed by one year with security fixes only" > There was no consensus, I am not sure where you get the idea. However, we discussed to wait a bit before proposing the RFC to clearly and cleanly define the EOL of 5.3. I will clean up this RFC and call for vote later this week (most likely tomorrow). It is very important to follow this step instead of simply say, hey, I will go down this way because I like it ;-) > So as quick reminder and help for the ones who don't want to do the > maths about our current release schedule themselves the schedule looks > like this: > > December 20th -- Release PHP 5.3.20 > > January 2nd -- Branch of PHP 5.3.21 > January 17th -- Release PHP 5.3.21 > > January 30th -- Branch of PHP 5.3.22 > February 14th -- Release PHP 5.3.22 > > As of this date the 5.3 branch will go to extended support and should > receive security fixes only. Releases will be made based on need. > > Please mind that the above schedule is tentative and unpredictable > events might change this. > > Comments? The delay is way too short for 3rd parties to adapt. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org