For what it’s worth, I have a PHP 8.3-only PR that’s been awaiting review for about a week now:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/29866 The Port Update Policies [1] seem to suggest that any committer can merge the PR now that it has maintainer-timed-out, but I can’t seem to get anyone to take look. Jonathan [1] https://guide.macports.org/chunked/project.update-policies.html > On Nov 7, 2025, at 5:15 PM, Kevin Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, folks. With PHP 8.5 arriving in a couple of weeks, I would like to know > what can be done to get MacPorts' PHP infrastructure back into a usable state > for 8.3/8.4/8.5. > > I have a branch that duplicates BjarneDMat's PR > (https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28140) & eliminates the > first commit (which seems to modify .gitignore for no reason). Should I open > a PR for that? As far as I can tell, apart from the size of the PR, all of > the feedback from maintainers has been addressed. > > What is the path forward here? > > Should Bjarne's PR be broken into smaller ones? Should the 8.5-specific > changes be plucked out into a PR just for them? Or is his PR in a good enough > place that it can now be pulled into the main MacPorts repo (once the draft > status is removed)? > > Please advise, > > -- > Kevin Boyd
