Would it be worth while to discuss the possibility of LTS releases (Long Term Support) with 5 or 7 year support (from time of initial release)...?
5.3 is 2.5 years old now. Which means depending on the option that's chosen here, it'll be completely out of support a mere 3.5 to 4.5 years after initial release. For a platform or program, that's fine. But for a programming language, that seems a bit... short. Instead, I'd like to see at least one current release be "LTS", or "extended support" which would then be covered by security fixes (at the very least) for at least 5, and possibly 7 or even 10 years after initial release. If you think it's worth talking about, I'll whip up an RFC to go over what I mean and more justification for it... Thanks, Anthony On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > fixed > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Keloran <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: >> isnt option3 and option1 the same ? (unless i cant read properlly {very >> possible}) >> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> hi, >>> >>> It should have been done before 5.4.0 was out, but better late than never. >>> >>> I put together four options here: >>> >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol >>> >>> I'm in favor of option #1, as it gives enough time to our users to >>> migrate by reducing the maintenance period to only one year. >>> >>> Suggestions or comments welcome, >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >>> Pierre >>> >>> @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org >>> >>> -- >>> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> > > > > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php