Hi On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I'm announcing the start of the vote for the "Minimum supported > versions for PHP 8.6" RFC. The voting will end at 2026-07-30 15:48:00 > UTC. There are multiple votes, one for each minimum version > requirement. > > RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/min_supported_versions_php_8_6 > Discussion: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/131707 > > I don't exactly understand why that Autoconf section does not mention that it is not available on distro levels for RHEL 8 and 9 so it makes things difficult for packagers like Remi who explicitly asked to delay it: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/21159#issuecomment-4287762254 ? This is quite strange because you even linked Tim's question and considering that the Remi's preference is to delay, it obviously means that there are likely some plans to package 8.6 for those distros and this change will just make it harder. I don't see reason to rush it to 8.6 and make life harder for packagers so I voted no. It's my fault that I haven't read it sooner but the generic title made it easier to not notice it... Kind regards, Jakub
