From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sat Aug 10 22:47:33 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E6CC7084 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:47:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martin@waschbuesch.de) Received: from relay02.waschbuesch.it (relay02.waschbuesch.it [IPv6:2a00:cba0:100::232]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.waschbuesch.it", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 465cgn0X82z4CQS for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:47:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martin@waschbuesch.de) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=waschbuesch.de; s=dkim; h=To:References:Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version: Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=b1YqlEmWTN4k6cfHFpdLFCyhqCNsYGba18ITe7C0YO0=; b=IlOq7rsmQv3FuZsI9q+uB/6/v QDaTRmmFVnSUR1YLtWgrEswbCvIx1JQh9a5tHZ1Y2FHnhwZv0dQCgpLB56rzGWxGYLNOETxlFYaKR v7M56QJT3zCMOO/QFuls7duquTFyMuDlcHsKtaB0dAFqE4sZESFYUYTPOc8gxI01cbFIM=; Received: by relay02.waschbuesch.it with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1hwa8s-00037e-7o; Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:47:18 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: PHP version retirement From: =?utf-8?Q?Martin_Waschb=C3=BCsch?= In-Reply-To: <64faf143-bae3-378c-3ee2-b196c2ea4111@astart.com> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 00:47:19 +0200 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <16731AF5-68E9-4E41-8D21-CF5917BE32A4@waschbuesch.de> References: <64faf143-bae3-378c-3ee2-b196c2ea4111@astart.com> To: papowell@astart.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 465cgn0X82z4CQS X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=waschbuesch.de header.s=dkim header.b=IlOq7rsm; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=waschbuesch.de; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of martin@waschbuesch.de designates 2a00:cba0:100::232 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=martin@waschbuesch.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.04 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[waschbuesch.de:s=dkim]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:c]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[waschbuesch.de:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[waschbuesch.de,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[2.3.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.a.b.c.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.84)[-0.841,0]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; IP_SCORE(-0.00)[country: DE(-0.01)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:21476, ipnet:2a00:cba0::/32, country:DE]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:47:33 -0000 > Am 10.08.2019 um 20:18 schrieb Patrick Powell : >=20 > Umm this was just the kick in the pants that I needed to switch to PHP = 7. > See https://www.glaver.org/blog/?p=3D1109 for a desperation 'I need = PHP5.6' hack which I used during this update. Thank you, Patrick, that is a work-around I also came across. It helped me as well. > I must say that the update to PHP 7 was relatively painless - there is = PHP6 to PHP7 update support and lots of help/suggestions. I also found = an embarassing amount of bad PHP code during the update process, = something > I should have suspected I would find. For my own projects, this is not an issue. I do try to follow the = deprecation announcements for php. The issue is one where customers = insist (against my explicit advice) to continue to use outdated = PHP-based software that is not easily upgraded (and probably should be = replaced instead of patched). > Note that the changes suggested by Mr. Glaver seem to be applicable to = new versions of the Ports tree UPDATING and .../.mk files so you can use = the latest Ports tree with the appropriate minor modifications. You can = even generate a > script to apply these updates/mods each time you run 'portsnap'. But I = digress...