Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-16 Thread Jochen Neumeister
Am 12.08.2019 um 08:55 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker: * Kevin Oberman [190812 01:50]: On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 4:23 PM Martin Waschbüsch wrote: Am 11.08.2019 um 23:31 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker : * Martin Waschbüsch [190811 20:41]: [..] You could also have used the quarterly branch, which keeps

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-16 Thread Miroslav Lachman
Martin Waschbüsch wrote on 2019/08/16 09:27: Thank you for your input. While I agree that PHP, in general, has been and still is a source of lots of security issues, I do not think this is the central point in this debate. There might be a high probability of security issues that are PHP

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-16 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi Dan, > Am 16.08.2019 um 08:07 schrieb Dan Mahoney : > > Martin and others, > > I don’t have a good answer for this, other than to say that PHP has been the > bane of my existence for a while. As a admin, I’ve lost more hours and sleep > on PHP scripts than any other tool. PHP is the

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-13 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
> Am 13.08.2019 um 08:13 schrieb @lbutlr : > > On 12 Aug 19, at 01:04 , Martin Waschbüsch wrote: >> So, I find it wrong to say, as I understood you, to remove a package from >> the ports tree because otherwise others people, for instance users of >> FreeBSD, would have the *expectation* of

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-13 Thread @lbutlr
On 12 Aug 19, at 01:04 , Martin Waschbüsch wrote: > So, I find it wrong to say, as I understood you, to remove a package from the > ports tree because otherwise others people, for instance users of FreeBSD, > would have the *expectation* of receiving support for those packages. There is not

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Anatoly
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 13:22:25 +0200 Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > [...] > > Would it not be better to have, say, the last two versions before > > current stable still in ports but with a huge disclaimer saying: > > use at your own risk, etc.? > > > > What do y'all think? > > You make the case

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi Adam, > Am 12.08.2019 um 15:29 schrieb Adam Weinberger : > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:04 AM Martin Waschbüsch > wrote: >> Furthermore, the argument that it is more more work to maintain an >> abandoned version is silly because it’s more work to delete a port that >> to just

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Franco Fichtner
> On 12. Aug 2019, at 16:29, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:04 AM Martin Waschbüsch > wrote: >> Furthermore, the argument that it is more more work to maintain an >> abandoned version is silly because it’s more work to delete a port that >> to just keep it

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Adam Weinberger
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:04 AM Martin Waschbüsch wrote: > Furthermore, the argument that it is more more work to maintain an > abandoned version is silly because it’s more work to delete a port that > to just keep it in the tree for a while longer. > >>> > >>> That last part

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Miroslav Lachman
Franco Fichtner wrote on 2019/08/12 08:20: That „while“ is debatable, but it’s neither indefinitely nor immediately. The people responsible for FreeBSD ports and packages would be wise to enrich their policies with a more graceful way of dealing with legacy software, especially if it relates

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi Adam, > Am 12.08.2019 um 02:17 schrieb Adam Weinberger : > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 5:50 PM Martin Waschbüsch > wrote: >> >> Hi Adam, >> >>> Am 11.08.2019 um 23:22 schrieb Adam Weinberger : >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:05 PM Franco Fichtner >>> wrote: Quarterly is

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Wolfgang Zenker
* Kevin Oberman [190812 01:50]: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 4:23 PM Martin Waschbüsch > wrote: >>> Am 11.08.2019 um 23:31 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker : >>> * Martin Waschbüsch [190811 20:41]: [..] > You could also have used the quarterly branch, which keeps software till > the end of the

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-12 Thread Franco Fichtner
> On 12. Aug 2019, at 00:22, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:05 PM Franco Fichtner wrote: >> >> Quarterly is essentially useless if the decision is to immediately axe a >> deprecated release. 3 months are nothing in production environments, if you >> get 3 months (1,5

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Adam Weinberger
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 5:50 PM Martin Waschbüsch wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > > Am 11.08.2019 um 23:22 schrieb Adam Weinberger : > > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:05 PM Franco Fichtner > > wrote: > >> > >> Quarterly is essentially useless if the decision is to immediately axe a > >> deprecated

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 4:23 PM Martin Waschbüsch wrote: > > > Am 11.08.2019 um 23:31 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker < > wolfg...@lyxys.ka.sub.org>: > > > > * Martin Waschbüsch [190811 20:41]: > >> [..] > >>> You could also have used the quarterly branch, which keeps software > till > >>> the end of

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi Adam, > Am 11.08.2019 um 23:22 schrieb Adam Weinberger : > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:05 PM Franco Fichtner wrote: >> >> Quarterly is essentially useless if the decision is to immediately axe a >> deprecated release. 3 months are nothing in production environments, if you >> get 3 months

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
> Am 11.08.2019 um 23:31 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker : > > * Martin Waschbüsch [190811 20:41]: >> [..] >>> You could also have used the quarterly branch, which keeps software till >>> the end of the quarter. In the case of php 5.6 it would have given you >>> time until March 31st, and would have

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Wolfgang Zenker
* Martin Waschbüsch [190811 20:41]: > [..] >> You could also have used the quarterly branch, which keeps software till >> the end of the quarter. In the case of php 5.6 it would have given you >> time until March 31st, and would have included version 5.6.40 > 5.6.40 never made it into the main

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Adam Weinberger
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 1:05 PM Franco Fichtner wrote: > > Quarterly is essentially useless if the decision is to immediately axe a > deprecated release. 3 months are nothing in production environments, if you > get 3 months (1,5 months mean) at all and also all other updates and security >

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Franco Fichtner
Quarterly is essentially useless if the decision is to immediately axe a deprecated release. 3 months are nothing in production environments, if you get 3 months (1,5 months mean) at all and also all other updates and security relevant bug fixes in the same quarterly that you desperately need.

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-11 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi Wolfgang, > Am 11.08.2019 um 01:12 schrieb Wolfgang Zenker : > > * Martin Waschbüsch [190811 00:47]: >>> Am 10.08.2019 um 20:18 schrieb Patrick Powell : >>> >>> Umm this was just the kick in the pants that I needed to switch to PHP 7. >>> See https://www.glaver.org/blog/?p=1109 for a

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Wolfgang Zenker
* Martin Waschbüsch [190811 00:47]: >> Am 10.08.2019 um 20:18 schrieb Patrick Powell : >> >> Umm this was just the kick in the pants that I needed to switch to PHP 7. >> See https://www.glaver.org/blog/?p=1109 for a desperation 'I need PHP5.6' >> hack which I used during this update. > Thank

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
> Am 10.08.2019 um 20:18 schrieb Patrick Powell : > > Umm this was just the kick in the pants that I needed to switch to PHP 7. > See https://www.glaver.org/blog/?p=1109 for a desperation 'I need PHP5.6' > hack which I used during this update. Thank you, Patrick, that is a work-around I also

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
> Am 10.08.2019 um 12:53 schrieb Carmel NY : > > On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 10:17:44 +0200, Martin Waschbüsch stated: >> Would it not be better to have, say, the last two versions before >> current stable still in ports but with a huge disclaimer saying: use >> at your own risk, etc.? >> >> What do

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Patrick Powell
On 2019-08-10 01:17, Martin Waschbüsch wrote: Hi all, At least the last two versions of PHP, 5.6 & 7.0, were removed from ports as soon as (or even shortly before) they were no longer actively maintained upstream. I am unsure what the exact reasoning behind this was, but I do not think it is

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! [...] > Would it not be better to have, say, the last two versions before > current stable still in ports but with a huge disclaimer saying: > use at your own risk, etc.? > > What do y'all think? You make the case for something other systems call backports, basically, keeping stuff in

Re: PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Carmel NY
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 10:17:44 +0200, Martin Waschbüsch stated: >Hi all, > >At least the last two versions of PHP, 5.6 & 7.0, were removed from >ports as soon as (or even shortly before) they were no longer actively >maintained upstream. I am unsure what the exact reasoning behind this >was, but I

PHP version retirement

2019-08-10 Thread Martin Waschbüsch
Hi all, At least the last two versions of PHP, 5.6 & 7.0, were removed from ports as soon as (or even shortly before) they were no longer actively maintained upstream. I am unsure what the exact reasoning behind this was, but I do not think it is a good idea moving forward: I suppose it is