From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 12:15:42 2010 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 A9265106566B for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [88.149.173.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D5C8FC17 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445E61425; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:15:41 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=madpilot.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received; s=mail; t=1271247334; x= 1273061734; bh=JZJf9uZwKOIeB0OXsZ8BXrZ7lvQNMjaaLd4P++9cniE=; b=g 5TnBdUzcYDCgjLFF3mgEF7cc4Ybwxe4ow3DBR4d5BOmxdk2MIN60uAWr6MDkTKSJ eVbcdLkV3e6fMG4kUaVWNWEb6dAOa0bDSZDCYMHCIXIBnq1vgmKGKTRF4fYPiKZ3 awNJaZWbKUrhVgmlXyG4Vsi9Ew3lcxXUpnMvUgOm6E= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at madpilot.net Received: from megatron.madpilot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id PRJIv+8oHDGV; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:15:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 03249141F; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:15:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:15:33 +0200 From: Guido Falsi To: Micheas Herman Message-ID: <20100414121533.GC80702@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <20100414100902.GB80702@megatron.madpilot.net> <1271241794.28425.58703.camel@vcampaign> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1271241794.28425.58703.camel@vcampaign> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PHP 5.2 (lang/php52) port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:15:42 -0000 On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 03:43:14AM -0700, Micheas Herman wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 12:09 +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:23:15AM +0900, Svyatoslav Lempert wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > We have problems for a considerable quantity of users which are linked > > > to upgrade of major version PHP 5.2 to version 5.3 in port lang/php5 > > > They are linked to considerable incompatibility of old scripts which > > > should are corrected and rewrited for correct work under PHP 5.3.2. > > > > Can't you just downgrade the php port to the previous version? > > That isn't really completely viable as there would then be no > upgrade path to php 5.2.14 php, 5.2.13 was released in February > of 2010 and is a security update to the 5.2.X line of php and > based on past history I would expect 5.2.17 to be released. The maintainer of the php ports has already stated that maintaining the php port framework is a considerable burdern. I'm not him. I'm quite happy with the presenty situation since I run very few php webapps written by others(and various smallish ones written by myself). I can't really comment on his decisions. FreeBSD being a voluntary work effort he has the right to do whatever he likes. If you really need this you could try creating the needed ports. Basing your effort on the old verion of the existing ones should give you a good headstart. I really don't see any option from you. Anything that is in FreeBSD is there because some interested party made it happen. This is true for BASD since it's original conception at the Berkeley University in 1977(from the history I've studied at last). -- Guido Falsi