If an ISP hosts about 300000 websites, that's about 500 to 1200 Linux boxes, so they upgrade in batch and it's better work. I can't get them to upgrade my server to 4.1.2 because I share my box with 255 other websites and they won't upgrade until the next scheduled batch unless it's an emergency.
I don't know if it's good or bad to not commit patches for older branches, but I will try to make my patches work on older releases and document them accordingly. However, if QA doesn't run tests on older releases (I don't know if they do or not), then it could be dangerous. Fab. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yasuo Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Fab Wash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] bugs: try newer version (?) > Fab Wash wrote: > > A lot of ISPs have not upgraded beyond 4.0.6, either because they don't > > upgrade fast, or because they wait for the main bugs to be found and > > fixed before installing something "stable". > > > > I've just checked my ISP and they're still running 4.0.6, and it's one > > of the major ISP in the USA. > > I guess they are thinking 4.0.6 is more stable than 4.1.2, since > patch level version is 6 for 4.0.6 while patch level 2 for 4.1.2. > > It seems we are better to mention what the minor version > difference imply. > (And better to release patch level releases more, perhaps?) > > > > > Not everyone know how to install PHP from the CVS, so I wouldn't > > discount 4.0.6 for now. > > Unfortunately, nobody commits patches to 4.0.6 branch. > Installing PHP from CVS source does not help to stablize 4.0.6. > > Bugs are only fixed in CVS HEAD or current release branch (4.2.0 > currently) We need to ask users to try ethier try CVS HEAD or > PHP_4_2_0 branch source.... > > So I would say we are better to ask users to try newer version > if user report problems older than current release branch. > > As someone already mentioned this in this list, We may want snapshot > for release branch. > > -- > Yasuo Ohgaki > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
