Pascal KISSIAN wrote on 03/12/2015 13:30:
My main concern is about which php version will be included in the next Ubuntu 16.04 LTS!
I wouldn't be surprised if most distros, whenever they add it to their primary package repo, will package php7 separately from php5, and allow them to be selected and installed side-by-side in various ways.
In fact, I'd be surprised if they *didn't* do that, since most already had it set up for //php4 vs php5.
It therefore comes down to whether a version of the php7 package is blessed as part of "Xenial Xerus", or whether you'll have to get it from a PPA (e.g. https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php-7.0)
I believe Debian / Ubuntu's stabilisation process is fairly strict and well-defined, so lobbying from "upstream" (i.e. people on this list) isn't likely to have a huge impact. They don't even follow the official point releases, preferring to fork from a well-tested point and maintain their own set of patches.
Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]
