From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 2 17:34:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 786EE16A46B for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FAC13C44B for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (unknown [202.108.54.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E7328449 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:34:27 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (unknown [202.108.54.204]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E70EDAD6C; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:34:26 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([202.108.54.204]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [202.108.54.204]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YaO5sF4mNjFK; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:34:22 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (71.5.7.139.ptr.us.xo.net [71.5.7.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65DCEDAD16; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:34:21 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=muM5bD0npK+EJYdJtUtamp32l++0jdS55VDQ+QBimBFwpBB1Stqu06kT9rk+HdHsu bhDA2gI0av3RXl3NZpmhA== Message-ID: <477BCB1B.3060009@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:34:19 -0800 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yeongsik Son References: <8db0c7c40801020836j9b6389ei56cc7eeca1f7a8a9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8db0c7c40801020836j9b6389ei56cc7eeca1f7a8a9@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maintain PHP4 and MySQL 4.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:34:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeongsik Son wrote: > I'm working at a hosting company, and the company has got lots of clients > who are using PHP4 and MySQL 4.0. > According to the Makefile of mysql40-server, it seems to be ripped out of > 4.x, but the clients said they had problems with migrate their databases to > 5.x. > Also, PHP 4.x will be supported unitl August 8, 2008 according to PHP.net. > FreeBSD 6 seems to be supported until May 30, 2010, according to FreeBSD > Security Advisory, and I wonder that ports maintainers will continue to > maintain 4.x until that date. > Do they have the plan of estimated EOL of PHP and MySQL 4.x? > If you they got, please let me know about it to force or cooperate with the > clients. My suggestion is that, we should migrate to newer PHP and MySQL versions (5.x and 5.0 at the moment) rather than waiting for the EoL. Migrating MySQL could be tricky, but doable, by converting the database to use proper encoding scheme (previously most applications erroneously used latin-1), which affects CJK users mainly. To answer your question, currently, neither php4 nor mysql40-server has set EXPIRATION date. Typically, we maintain ports until their EoL from upstream, but even decision is made not to maintain a port anymore, new maintainers are always welcome as long as they make sure that the port is kept in a workable and secure state, as FreeBSD is a community effort :-) Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHe8sbi+vbBBjt66ARAhc1AKCEeEHvMdnF8ZRjA4bQYPimpAihUACgiWNW iIvq8MzEZvK9OQz6wYjSqqY= =y5hp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----