On 2/14/20 9:52 AM, 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.
waiting is the best way to put that transition at risk. Just do it and be prepared to fix unrelated issues in the archive. Matthias -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
