Re: cvs: phpweb /archive 2008.xml

Please do not forget to update the feed <updated> element. Many aggregators/feed readers simply (correctly) ignore any updates to the file if that element isn't updated. the ./bin/createNewsEntry does that automagically for you. -Hannes On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 08:52, Lukas Smith <lsmith@php.net> wrote: > lsmith Fri Aug 1 06:52:36 2008 UTC > > Modified files: > /phpweb/archive 2008.xml > Log: > - added php 5.3 alpha1 announcement > > > http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/phpweb/archive/2008.xml?r1=1.45&r2=1.46&diff_format=u > Index: phpweb/archive/2008.xml > diff -u phpweb/archive/2008.xml:1.45 phpweb/archive/2008.xml:1.46 > --- phpweb/archive/2008.xml:1.45 Wed Jul 30 13:41:25 2008 > +++ phpweb/archive/2008.xml Fri Aug 1 06:52:36 2008 > @@ -11,6 +11,40 @@ > <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email> > </author> > <entry> > + <title>PHP 5.3 alpha1 released!</title> > + > <id>http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-01-1</id> > + <published>2008-08-01T08:50:37+02:00</published> > + <updated>2008-08-01T08:50:37+02:00</updated> > + <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/> > + <link > href="http://www.php.net/index.php#id2008-08-01-1" > rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> > + <link > href="http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-01-1" > rel="via" type="text/html"/> > + <content type="xhtml"> > + <div > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > + <p>The PHP development team is proud to announce the <a > href="http://downloads.php.net/johannes/">first alpha > release</a> (Windows binaries will appear in the next few days) of the upcoming minor version > update of PHP. The new version PHP 5.3 is expected to improve stability and performance as well as > add new language syntax and extensions. Several new features have already been documented in the > <a href="http://php.net/docs.php">official > documentation</a>, others are listed on the <a > href="http://wiki.php.net/doc/scratchpad/upgrade/53">wiki</a> > in preparation of getting documented. Please also review the <a > href="http://php.net/php5news">NEWS</a> > file.</p> > + > + <strong>THIS IS A DEVELEOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN > PRODUCTION!</strong> > + > + <p>The purpose of this alpha release is to encourage end users to noy only > actively participate in identifying bugs, but also in ensuring that all new features or necessary > backwards compatibility breaks are noted in the documentation. Please report any findings to the > <a href="mailto:qa-php@lists.php.net">QA > mailinglist</a> or the <a > href="http://bugs.php.net">bug > tracker</a>.</p> > + > + <p>There have been a great number of other additions and improvements, but here > is a short overview of the most important user visible changes:</p> > + <ul> > + <li><a > href="http://php.net/language.namespaces">Namespaces</a> > (documentation maybe out dated)</li> > + <li><a > href="http://php.net/oop5.late-static-bindings">Late > static binding</a> and <a > href="http://php.net/language.oop5.overloading">__callStatic</a></li> > + <li><a > href="http://wiki.php.net/rfc/closures">Lambda > functions and closures</a></li> > + <li>Addition of the <a > href="http://php.net/book.intl">intl</a>, <a > href="http://php.net/docs.php">phar</a> (phar is > scheduled for some more work a head of alpha2), <a > href="http://php.net/book.fileinfo">fileinfo </a> > and <a > href="http://php.net/book.sqlite3">sqlite3</a> > extensions</li> > + <li>Optional cyclic garbage collection</li> > + <li>Optional support for the <a > href="http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/PHP_MYSQLND">MySQLnd</a> > replacement driver for libmysql</li> > + <li>Windows older than Windows 2000 (Windows 98, NT4, etc.) are not > supported anymore (<a > href="http://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/releasenotes">details</a>)</li> > + <li>New syntax features like <a > href="http://php.net/language.types.string#language.types.string.syntax.nowdoc">NOWDOC</a>, > limited GOTO, short "?:" ternary syntax</li> > + </ul> > + > + <p>Several under the hood changes also require in depth testing with existing > applications to ensure that any backwards compatibility breaks are minimized. This is especially > important for users that require the undocumented Zend engine multibyte support.</p> > + > + <p>The current <a > href="http://wiki.php.net/todo/php53">release > plan</a> states that there will be alpha/beta/RC releases in 2-3 week intervals with an > expected stable release of PHP 5.3 between mid September and mid October of 2008.</p> > + </div> > + </content> > + </entry> > + <entry> > <title>TestFest 2008 wrap-up</title> > > <id>http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-07-30-1</id> > <published>2008-07-30T00:23:14+01:00</published> > > > > -- > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >