Re: PHP 7.0.0 final RTM delay

On Dec 3, 2015 1:58 PM, "Remi Collet" <remi@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Le 03/12/2015 06:51, Sebastian Bergmann a écrit : > > Am 02.12.2015 um 09:42 schrieb Anatol Belski: > >>> Do the Windows builds have to be available immediately when > >>> the sources of PHP 7.0.0 are released? > >> Yes. > > > I do not think that this means that the release of the source > > tarball must wait for the availability of the Windows binaries. > > I agree, this can't be a blocker. > > But, in the past, downstream build done "before" announcement have > allowed us to detect and don't distribute broken versions. On spot. Exactly that. And testing that latest openssl releases (which includes security fixes) work well with a php release looks like a blocker to me, even more if it only means a couple of hours. We had cases where the delay was days not hours, but we did not wait. > e.g. > - - a recent 7.0.0RC was retagged because of huge regression in the > session management > - - a recent 5.6 released was repackaged because of missing files in the > "not-yet-official" archive > > So, waiting a "few" hours is not a really big issue. > > Of course, as there is a huge expectation for this version, and > internet have already start talking about it, we should really > announce it today.