Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:35:52 +0000 From: "Gary J. Hayers" <gary@hayers.org> To: "Janky Jay, III" <jankyj@unfs.us>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maia Mailgaurd Message-ID: <74d93ab1-1655-38f4-ec6c-83976f9e25b7@hayers.org> In-Reply-To: <f8c68abc-049c-3ded-5739-f658cfb8dfec@unfs.us> References: <3695c8be-c969-1715-a902-72752faf7d5e@hayers.org> <f8c68abc-049c-3ded-5739-f658cfb8dfec@unfs.us>
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On 26/11/2018 20:11, Janky Jay, III wrote: > Hello Gary, > > On 11/25/18 6:13 AM, Gary J. Hayers wrote: >> Hi Janky Jay, >> >> Can I ask if you there are any plans to patch Maia so it can run on php70+? >> >> Many thanks for the great port. >> > > At the moment, there are a lot of changes happening to the Maia code > (more changes for Perl as well as support for PHP7.X. I've tried testing > a few of the latest versions but they're not quite ready yet. As soon as > they are, I will be updating the port for these versions. > > My biggest fear right now is that if I patch the port that currently > exists to work with PHP7, I'm unsure it would be compatible with PHP5 > users. I don't want to break anything for anyone so I haven't done this > yet. I'll likely need testers to verify all this before I consider > changing the current port. > > That being said, with just a few minor changes, I have been able to get > Maia to work with PHP 7.2 without any issues (that I've seen, anyway). > If you're interested in that, I can provide those changes/patches if > you'd like to upgrade to PHP7 before the upstream code is ready. Hi Jay, Many thanks for the reply, I would happily help test. I have some experience with port maintainership so am happy to help in any way I can. I'd be very interested in the changes/patches. Again many thanks for the port, it really is great, as is the guide on PurpleHat. -- Regards, Gary J. Hayers gary@hayers.org PGP Signature https://www.hayers.org/pgp
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