Re: [gentoo-dev] PHP 5 unstable ?

[D. Wokan]

Collins Richey wrote:
On 4/23/05, Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

According to bugzilla, there are lots of open bugs (132 to be exact)
containing the word 'php' in the summary. From a quick glimpse many of
them seem related to php-5.
   

Looks like your're 100% right. One user does not a stable release
make. The open PHP bugzillas seem to be roughly in three groups:
1.  Need testing with (pick one of a dozen major PHP addon packages).
Users could certainly help with this.
2. PHP5 ebuild problems (ebuild not working yet and/or dependancy
problems with other packages).
3. Actual failure to compile and/or run with certain packages.
I'm sure developers will eventually get to 2 & 3, but there are too
many bugs and too little time.
Since many of these bug reports aren't even assigned yet, I would say
that PHP5 is certainly not a stable package for Gentoo.
My $.02. Quichurbellyachin and get testing and debugging if you want a
stable release.
 

Fair enough.  And thank you for filling me in on the criteria for 
"stable".  Now, I'll just count myself as one of the lucky ones instead.

I'll go look into these open bugs, but I doubt I'll be in any position 
to contribute much to their closure.
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