Hi, the upstream has announced:
> The next release will be RC 1, planned for 26 September 2024. I would like to start the transition to PHP 8.4 as soon as possible after that, so we have plenty of time to solve all the problems that comes with upgrading. Cheers, -- Ondřej Surý (He/Him) ond...@sury.org > On 24. 6. 2024, at 14:16, Ondřej Surý <ond...@debian.org> wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-php-p...@lists.alioth.debian.org, > team+debian-horde-t...@tracker.debian.org > > Hi, > > this is the pre-announcement of the bi-annual transition from PHP 8.2 to PHP > 8.4 > that happens before the next stable release. > > Currently, the first alpha release of PHP 8.4 is planned for July 2024: > > https://wiki.php.net/todo/php84 > > I'll try to get this to experimental as soon as possible, but usually the > extensions start to catch up with the changes around the first Release > Candidate > (end of September 2024). This is also usually the time when then PHPAPI > version > settles and will not change anymore. > > My guess is that it would be reasonable for packagers of downstream packages > to > start more serious testing around first Beta version. > > I've tried to CC the PEAR and HORDE packagers, if you know of more people who > should be involved in the transition, please let them know. > > Ondrej > > Ben file: > > title = "php8.4"; > is_affected = .depends ~ /phpapi-/; > is_good = .depends ~ /phpapi-2024/; > is_bad = .depends ~ "phpapi-20220829";
