Unlike apache modules, php extensions doesn't stack on top of each other. In APC, this is not a binary contract. No module links with apc directly or indirectly.
Besides, this was a serious bug in APC. A variable which was supposed to be global variable was made thread local variable. Also APC doesn't seem to be doing any releases in 3.0 version (since may 2009). They have checked it the fix into 3.1 and 4.0 branch. Regards, Basant. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:37:24PM +0000, Nick Kew wrote: > > On 18 Nov 2009, at 22:09, Sriram Natarajan wrote: > > > Nick > > This below patch is for APC - which in turn is an extension that sits on > > top of PHP engine. If this is patch going for PHP engine, then as you > > suggested backward compatibility break issue will come in play. Here, the > > patch is already committed in the upstream community and there aren't other > > consumers who write module / extensions on top of APC. Hence, I think, this > > patch is okay. > > Does this address your concern ? > > Does already being committed upstream mean it's gone through review and > will now automatically feature in future bugfix/maintenance releases? > If so, yes. > > -- > Nick Kew
