Hi! > 7.1 have version 5.9.6 > 7.2 have version 6.3.0 > 7.3 have version 6.9.0 (latest is 6.9.1) > 7.4 only use system library > > As we encourage system library usage (default in 7.4), and if this raise > the minimal allowed version, this will create issue for 7.4 > > Ex > RHEL have 5.9 > Debian have 6.1
Any reason why those are so far behind? 5.9 is from 2014! > I think we have to manage such change in a compatible way. > (feature availability tested in configure This creates a very bad situation, where we can not implement security improvements because we have to be compatible with a version of the library that has been released 4.5 years ago. Is there any reason why we prefer system library if actual system library is not being properly maintained by packagers? I think if most packagers neglect to keep with latest versions so much, we should keep bundling it - otherwise, we are just exposing our users to security issues and give them slower and buggier and feature-impaired library despite being completely able to do better. > P.S. from downstream PoV, as soname is different is it possible to have > compat package for library (v5.9 uses 2, v6.1 uses 4, v6.9 uses 5) Not sure what you mean here, could you explain? -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
