Re: PHP5 Version of Existing Package

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:31:45 -0500, Scott Mattocks <scott@crisscott.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am sure this topic has been discussed before but I can't seem to find > a definitive answer anywhere. What are the rules about releasing a PHP5 > only version of an existing package? > > Two of my packages are PHP-GTK packages. When I update them to work with > PHP-GTK2, which requires PHP5, it will not be possible to make them > backward compatible. When I update Gtk_ScrollingLabel, do I need to > create a new package called Gtk_ScrollingLabel2 like we have with > PHPUnit and PHPUnit2 or should I release it as Gtk_ScrollingLabel 2.0.0? > The new version will be the same API just a slightly different > implementation and will require PHP-GTK2 instead of PHP-GTK1. > If you're updating a PHP4 compatible package to be PHP5 only that breaks BC whether or not the API changes. Therefore the package should be Package2 2.0.0 (once stable) Package 2.0.0 is *not valid*. All major version # revisions are assumed to have BC breaks and so must be a new package. If you don't break BC you should stay with the same version # (but as I said earlier, switching from PHP4 to PHP5 is a BC break). -- Justin Patrin