Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:00:50 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> Subject: Re: PHP 5.4.0 : lang/php54 Message-ID: <4F5E0192.8000301@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <20120312093126.4420939f@scorpio> References: <CAERaTk--Qb4ez2qYOjk51qws_2G0jcj4qZLGdeY-nZV1C3jjHA@mail.gmail.com> <201203112026.30630.subbsd@gmail.com> <4F5DB7C7.6090308@FreeBSD.org> <4F5DE9DC.8050005@quip.cz> <20120312093126.4420939f@scorpio>
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Jerry wrote: > 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. It is not about EoL in the first place. PHP 5.3 is still maintained branch by vendor. And if we are talking about more than one branch... FreeBSD exists in 3 parallel branches + HEAD. Miroslav Lachman
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