Re: PHP-Dev/CVS list activity summary

Hello Zak, I just want to say that it is an excellent idea to post these weekly summaries. Keep up with the good work! Edin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zak Greant" <zak@php.net> To: <php-qa@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 11:24 PM Subject: [PHP-QA] PHP-Dev/CVS list activity summary > Hello All, > > I have had a few people express concerns about managing to keep up-to-date > with the QA effort. So, in an effort to help them out (and keep more on top > of it myself :) I am going to start writing a regular summary of the QA > related activity on the Dev and CVS mailing lists. > > Doing this will tie in nicely with one of my current projects, working on the > Zend PHP Weekly Summary. Avi Lewin (editor of the Zend PHP Weekly Summary) is > going to be away from his desk for the next few weeks and I am covering for > him during his absence. I should be able to get a feel for how much work this > will be during the three weeks that I work on the summaries. > > I took a dry run at the summary for last week (Ok, to be honest, I did not > know if Avi was doing the summary this week, so I started just in case he was > not. :o) > > Anyways, here is a rough weekly summary, posted for the benefit of the QA > team. :) The summaries that I develop for the QA team in the future will be > more technical/less chatty and will include more CVS info. They should help > us get a feel for where we can focus our testing efforts by keeping everyone > up-to-date with what sections of code have changed, what issues have been > spotted, etc. > > --zak > > ---------- > > FIX: strtotime() timezone bug fixed > Derick Rethans fixed a bug in strtotime() where timezones +100 and -100 were > not being properly handled. > > > REQ: Request for csv_explode() function > Justin Plock has requested a function that is a variant on explode(). The new > function would work like explode(), but would correctly handle more complex > CSV-like data formats. > > > FIX: Improved serializing for undefined object variables > Thies added code to handle serializing variables within objects that have > been declared, but not defined. This change should correct bug #14293. > > > TLK: Error reporting and the filesystem functions > There is an ongoing discussion on how various filesystem functions (like > is_dir(), is_file(), etc.) display errors. The crux of the argument is that > these functions display an error when the test the perform fails. Some > developers feel that this is wrong because they are usually used to test for > possible error cases and should not generate errors of their own. Hopefully, > this thread will resolve next week. > > > TLK: PHP 4.1.0 release leaked > Several sources incorrectly reported that PHP 4.1.0 had been released. After > this occurred, a discussion on how to best handle the leak sprung up. A > proposal was made to release 4.1.0 as 4.1.1. It was felt that doing so would > help the developers easily recognize bugs from users who had prematurely > downloaded 4.1.0. In the end, it was decided that changing the release > version would only add to the confusion. > > > BUG: PUT method file uploads not implemented in PHP $ > I am working to confirm this. > > FIX: Timezone problems with mail() function corrected > Derick Rethans has corrected a bug with how mail() handles timezones. Bugs > fixed include #8909 and #12680. > > > REQ: Pick-and-choose default parameters for functions > A user has requested functionality that would allow additional control over > how default value of function parameters is used. In the current version of > the Zend Engine, there is no way to allow the use of a default value for a > function parameter when any parameter to the right of it is set. Given that > this functionality has been requested before, the user may face an uphill > battle. Visit http://bugs.php.net/?id=14306 to see what > happens. > > > BUG: Bug in LDAP derails PHP 4.1.0 release > Stig Venaas discovered a bug in ldap_first_attribute() code that slipped in > between 4.0.6 and 4.1.0. Zeev attributes the bug to the malign intervention > of a higher force. > > > TLK: New PHP 4.1.0 release candidates > Designating a release candidate as 'Final' may be folly. :) PHP 4.1.0RC3 (the > final RC in question) was found to have a significant bug. PHP 4.1.0RC4 was > released for testing and was also found to be wanting. PHP 4.1.0RC5 should be > released shortly for testing. Barring any further difficulties, next weeks > summary should contain the joyful news of PHP 4.1.0's official release. :) > > > FIX: Multiple bug fixes for DOM-XML > Markus Fischer has fixed a good number of long-standing DOM-XML bugs. Some of > the more significant fixes include: > - Making the Win32 version of the extension thread safe > - Fixing segfault and leak conditions in five functions > - Making set_content() sets the node->content property > - Additional error checking and reporting for php_xpath_get_object(), > php_xpath_get_context() and php_dom_get_o > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-qa-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-qa-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >