RE: [PEAR-DEV] php5 compatibility

> From: Stefan Neufeind [mailto:stefan@neufeind.net] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:49 AM > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 at 10:38:53, Lukas Smith wrote: > > > I would like to ask every maintainer to test their package with php5. > > This is important for 2 reasons: > > > > 1) our user base will start using php5 > > 2) we can help find compatibility issues in php5 before they bite our > asses > > > > One of the more annoying BC breaks was apparently fixed: > > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24687 > > > > See this mail for reference: > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=107384634108877&w=2 > > For sure it would be great to test every package with php5. However, is > there > something in the works so packages can be marked: > - php4-only > - php4/php5 (both) > - php5-only > ? This has been mentioned before on the list. But I wonder if the core- > team / > website-team has yet agreed on a common way to do this. Well this is already there. You simply have to make the necessary dependencies. However the information would also be nice to have as a filter in the browser/search. > Also, will the installer take care of this (e.g. test "I'm running on php5 > - so > I won't install php4-only-packages without forcing")? Dependencies > And while we're at it: <snip> Dependencies Regards, Lukas