Ok then, I retract my suggestion to release 4.2.3.
Zeev
At 17:59 17/08/2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote:
>I disagree that it should go out as is, very strongly at that too.
>
>Some fixes not in the 4.2 branches:
>
>- ODBC no longer crashes on Windows upon unloading
>- while not fully tested, ext/java now works for 1.4 JDK's
>- various memory leak fixes provied by Ilia (pack being one of them)
>- a few misc fixes for Win32 platforms
>- nsapi build fix which allows it to build and reported run again
> (although I still think we need to decide if we can kill this support)
>- numerous domxml bug fixes have been added as well.
>- QTDOM fix to allow it to compile again and run again
>
>This is one yet to be made, but:
>- a potential fix to have 'make install' work on AIX machines again
> finally.
>
>These are just bug fixes. I don't want to see new functionality added to
>PHP for a potential 4.2.3, but I do want to see a LOT of these bugs
>squished. There is a fix, why go and release another version of PHP with
>known and non-fixed bugs in it?
>
>It still doesn't seem to compile and work on 64-bit arch's.
>
>But yet again, there are numerous reasons why we should move to release
>PHP 4.3. The biggest of which in my book is, it supports OSX! While
>possibly a minor issue to many of the users on this list, it's becoming a
>more significant issue, especially with Jaguar/10.2 being released in a
>few days. There have been numerous fixes to all the code bases in an
>effort to get support for OSX implemented into them (ext/java still being
>a bastard).
>
>
>On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>
> > I think it makes good sense to release 4.2.3 as-is (after a short QA cycle,
> > that will ensure we didn't introduce any new bugs). If 4.2.3 becomes a
> > larger project, with more pre-requisites, I don't see it happening ("if it
> > will not be simple, it will simply not be").
> > The last time around 4.2.3 died was exactly due to this issue.
> >
> > Zeev
> >
> > At 16:47 17/08/2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote:
> > >I have to disagree, a LOT of bug fixes have gone in.
> > >
> > >Honest I can run through the list of things I think should be done, and a
> > >list of things that I think should be back ported. None of it is new
> > >functionality, all of it is fixes to bugs.
> > >
> > >And I still think the Tru64/AIX issues will need to be solved as well.
> > >
> > >On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Zeev Suraski wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd really like to avoid waiting this time, though (the enemy of
> good is
> > > > better...). Even if we release 4.2.3 as it is in the branch,
> without any
> > > > further fixes, it's significantly better than 4.2.2.
> > > >
> > > > Translating this into action - my personal preference is to release
> the RC
> > > > as early as tomorrow.
> > > >
> > > > Zeev
> > > >
> > > > At 16:20 17/08/2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote:
> > > > >Hrm, well a lot of the fixes I've been doing have only gone to head
> > > > >because the belief of no 4.2.3.
> > > > >
> > > > >There are still a few outstanding bugs I'd like to see fixed
> before things
> > > > >we RC. Sfox and I (mostly her though) have been looking at the dbm_*
> > > > >functionality on Windows. We're questioning if it ever worked at all.
> > > > >
> > > > >I can run through a list if there is a desire to see one.
> > > > >
> > > > >On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Zeev Suraski wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to raise the option of releasing 4.2.3 again. I believe
> > > that it
> > > > > > would be quite a while before 4.3.0 is out, and there are quite a
> > > few fixes
> > > > > > in the 4.2 branch that should make the userbase as soon as
> possible,
> > > > > > especially the Windows userbase.
> > > > > > I think that releasing 4.2.3 can be done within approximately
> one week,
> > > > > > with one RC, barring unexpected surprises.
> > > > > > Opinions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Zeev
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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>
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