[php-maint] Freeze exception: php5

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 20:56 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> >> sapi/fpm: new SAPI
> >
> > That's a rather quick dismissal of what appears to be completely new
> > functionality comprising 10,000 lines of code (+ patches and packaging
> > files), imho.  Given that the package description even says that most
> > people shouldn't install it, how much of an issue would not building it
> > for Squeeze be?
> 
> Even though this new SAPI provides fixes for most bugs we have against
> php-fcgi, I would be happy to not include it in the squeeze, if this
> helps get 5.3.3 into next stable.

Thanks for your answer.

Does 5.3.3 introduce any new deprecated functions (or anything else)
relative to 5.3.2?

> >> If you want ditch the work that has been done by upstream, my fellow
> >> maintainers, and other contributors, go ahead. Just beware that the current
> >> version in testing isn't ready.

I have to admit that I don't follow PHP development particularly
closely.  Would it be possible to briefly explain why 5.3.2 is
unsuitable for release, and 5.3.3 so much better?

I did see from the changelog of the experimental upload that there are
some security fixes, but the other couple of bugs explicitly mentioned
there didn't sound particularly critical.

Regards,

Adam