On Dec 3, 2015 1:58 PM, "Remi Collet" <r...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
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> Le 03/12/2015 06:51, Sebastian Bergmann a écrit :
> > Am 02.12.2015 um 09:42 schrieb Anatol Belski:
> >>> Do the Windows builds have to be available immediately when
> >>> the sources of PHP 7.0.0 are released?
> >> Yes.
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> > I do not think that this means that the release of the source
> > tarball must wait for the availability of the Windows binaries.
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> I agree, this can't be a blocker.
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> But, in the past, downstream build done "before" announcement have
> allowed us to detect and don't distribute broken versions.

On spot. Exactly that.

And testing that latest openssl releases (which includes security fixes)
work well with a php release looks like a blocker to me, even more if it
only means a couple of hours.

We had cases where the delay was days not hours,  but we did not wait.

> e.g.
> - - a recent 7.0.0RC was retagged because of huge regression in the
> session management
> - - a recent 5.6 released was repackaged because of missing files in the
> "not-yet-official" archive
>
> So, waiting a "few" hours is not a really big issue.
>
> Of course, as there is a huge expectation for this version, and
> internet have already start talking about it, we should really
> announce it today.

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