On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 10:30:31AM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 09:52:34AM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 05:33:21PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > For focal the server team will be transitioning PHP to 7.4 over the > > > coming weeks. > > > > > > Since version 7.0, upstream PHP has adopted a regular release cadence, > > > with one release per year. Each release is supported for 2 years, plus a > > > third year of security critical fixes.[1] Changes from 7.3 to 7.4 are > > > modest, but the extra year of upstream support is a tangible benefit for > > > the Ubuntu LTS. > > > > > > The language binary, php7.4, is already sync'd to universe in focal. > > > Remaining parts of the stack are in process by Debian, but are expected > > > to enter experimental/universe soon. Initial build testing shows the > > > changes that have been queued in Debian's git package repos have > > > addressed most build issues, and will simply need synced/merged. > > > > It's stuck in proposed due to failing autopkgtests of reverse > > dependencies, and it also depends on the icu transition. Hopefully > > icu is done soon, I guess I'd wait for this first before entangling > > another transition into it. > > Thanks for the head's up, I'll keep an eye on when it migrates. > > > I have added a transition tracker for php7.4. > > Great, thanks.
Btw, if you want to update the linked ticket for that tracker, the lp bug report I'm using for tracking this is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-defaults/+bug/1855020/ Bryce -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
