Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:31:26 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PHP 5.4.0 : lang/php54 Message-ID: <20120312093126.4420939f@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4F5DE9DC.8050005@quip.cz> References: <CAERaTk--Qb4ez2qYOjk51qws_2G0jcj4qZLGdeY-nZV1C3jjHA@mail.gmail.com> <201203112026.30630.subbsd@gmail.com> <4F5DB7C7.6090308@FreeBSD.org> <4F5DE9DC.8050005@quip.cz>
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:19:40 +0100 Miroslav Lachman articulated: > I really understand that you don't have a time or will to maintain > more than 1 version of PHP - it is not an easy task. But what is the > difference between more versions of PHP in the ports tree and more > versions of Python, Perl, MySQL, Postgresql, Postfix... and many more > ports? There is always some reason why they are there. > Some of them (Perl 5.8 comes to my mind) are/were in the tree for a > long time after upstream EOL. > > Personally - I don't need older PHP versions for webaplications > written by my-self, but there are many hosted websites depending on > an older versions on our webhosting servers. Customers must wait for > update from their vedors etc. Even some mainstream Open Source CMS > and other applications lags behind PHP development. The primary reason that so many older/EOL'd versions of programs are still in existence is because by nature most individuals are just plain lazy. Face it, man only invented electricity because watching TV by candle light was not very convenient. Seriously though, all too many users have to be dragged into the future or else they will just rot in the past. If support for EOL'd crap was implemented immediately, support for the newer versions would be instituted lickety-split. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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