[php-maint] Bug#648823: php5-common: default session.gc_maxlifetime of 1440 is not practical for mediawiki

[Michael Moritz]

Package: php5-common
Version: 5.2.17-0.dotdeb.0
Severity: normal


The php5 cronjob evauates the the php.ini files and /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime and then (by default) deletes sessions after 24 mins. 

In mediawiki and possibly other applications editing a page can easily take longer than 24 mins and espsecially in the case of mediawiki this leads to a complete loss of the edit.

Thanks,

Michael

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages php5-common depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-10  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  sed                           4.2.1-7    The GNU sed stream editor

php5-common recommends no packages.

php5-common suggests no packages.

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