[php-maint] Bug#512037: Bug#512037: php5-cgi: magic_quotes_gpc = On

[Olaf van der Spek]

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM, sean finney <seanius at debian.org> wrote:
> i don't disagree that we should follow suit in deprecating it, and i'm
> even supportive of the idea of preemptively deprecating it before 5.3.0
> is out, though i'm not sure it warrants "important" severity...

AFAIK the upstream default has been off for ages. The Debian default is on.
That's why I made it important.

>> http://nl3.php.net/magic_quotes
>> > This feature has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 6.0.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged.
>
>> I don't think Debian should ship PHP with this feature enabled.
>
> i agree, though i would vote to wait until the dust settles with respect to
> changes for the sid/lenny stuff.

Hmm.