Revision as of 15:37, 27 December 2011

PHP 5.4

Summary

To provide the latest PHP stack.

Owner

Name: Remi Collet

Email: Fedora AT SPAMFREE FamilleCollet DOT com

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 17
Last updated: 2011-12-27
Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description

Fedora provides PHP 5.3.x since version 12. ZTS module for apache is provided without any extension/module, this lack make it nearly unusable.

PHP 5.4.0RC4 was published for christmas, see annouce. Finale version should be available before fedora 17.

Update to PHP 5.4.0
Build ZTS extensions/modules
Provide ZTS devel stuff (in php-devel)
Update other extensions (mostly pecl) for latest ABI
Update PHP Guidelines

Benefit to Fedora

Provides the latest PHP version.

Scope

Mass rebuild of all packages which requires php ABI, some will requires update or patch
Test of web applications

How To Test

test PHP web applications available in the repository
test PHP with apache in worker mode (ZTS modules)

User Experience

Web developper will get the latest upstream PHP version

Dependencies

From repoquery --whatrequires 'php(zend-abi)'

cups-php
graphviz-php
ice-php
php-digidoc
php-eaccelerator
php-facedetect
php-idn
php-libpuzzle
php-libvirt : version 0.4.5 + patch
php-magickwand : version 1.0.9
php-mapi
php-pecl-apc : version 3.1.9 + svn snapshot
php-pecl-gearman : version 1.0.1
php-pecl-geoip : version 1.0.8
php-pecl-gmagick : version 1.0.10b1
php-pecl-igbinary : version 1.0.2 from git
php-pecl-imagick : version 3.1.0RC1
php-pecl-lzf : version 1.5.2
php-pecl-mailparse : version 2.1.5 + patch
php-pecl-memcache : version 3.0.6 + patch
php-pecl-memcached : version 2.0.0 from git
php-pecl-mongo : version 1.2.6
php-pecl-ncurses : version 1.0.1
php-pecl-oauth : version 1.2.2
php-pecl-radius : version 1.2.5
php-pecl-rrd : version 1.0.5
php-pecl-selinux : version 0.3.1
php-pecl-solr : version 1.0.2
php-pecl-sphinx : version 1.1.0
php-pecl-ssh2 : version 0.11.3
php-pecl-xdebug : version 2.2.0 from git
php-pecl-yaml : version 1.0.1
php-shout : version 0.9.2
rrdtool-php
syck-php
uuid-php
zorba-php

N.B. when version is given, this means package have been build/test against php 5.4. All patches are, of course, reported to each upstream.

Contingency Plan

Work in a dedicated build target. Merge only when all is ok.

Documentation

upstream NEWS
upstream UPGRADING (for web applications developer)
upstream UPGRADING.INTERNALS (for extension developer)

Release Notes

Fedora 17 includes version 5.4.0 of php. This includes a number of significant new features, including support for [traits, as well as a number of performance enhancements. For complete details see UPGRADING (link to upstream announcement when available).

Fedora 17 now provides php extension to used with apache in worker mode (aka as ZTS extensions)

Comments and Discussion

See Talk:Features/Php54

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-Fedora provides PHP 5.3.x since version 12. Zts module for apache is provided without any extension/module, this lack make it nearly unusable.
+Fedora provides PHP 5.3.x since version 12. ZTS module for apache is provided without any extension/module, this lack make it nearly unusable.
 PHP '''5.4.0RC4''' was published for christmas, see [http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-12-25-1 annouce]. Finale version should be available before fedora 17.
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 == Benefit to Fedora ==
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-Provides the latest PHP major version.
+Provides the latest PHP version.
 == Scope ==
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 == User Experience ==
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 * Web developper will get the latest upstream PHP version
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 * php-idn
 * php-libpuzzle
-* php-libvirt
+* php-libvirt : version 0.4.5 + patch
-* php-magickwand
+* php-magickwand : version 1.0.9
 * php-mapi
-* php-pecl-apc
+* php-pecl-apc : version 3.1.9 + svn snapshot
-* php-pecl-gearman
+* php-pecl-gearman : version 1.0.1
-* php-pecl-geoip
+* php-pecl-geoip : version 1.0.8
-* php-pecl-gmagick
+* php-pecl-gmagick : version 1.0.10b1
-* php-pecl-igbinary
+* php-pecl-igbinary : version 1.0.2 from git
-* php-pecl-imagick
+* php-pecl-imagick : version 3.1.0RC1
-* php-pecl-lzf
+* php-pecl-lzf : version 1.5.2
-* php-pecl-mailparse
+* php-pecl-mailparse : version 2.1.5 + patch
-* php-pecl-memcache
+* php-pecl-memcache : version 3.0.6 + patch
-* php-pecl-memcached
+* php-pecl-memcached : version 2.0.0 from git
-* php-pecl-mongo
+* php-pecl-mongo : version 1.2.6
-* php-pecl-ncurses
+* php-pecl-ncurses : version 1.0.1
-* php-pecl-oauth
+* php-pecl-oauth : version 1.2.2
-* php-pecl-radius
+* php-pecl-radius : version 1.2.5
-* php-pecl-rrd
+* php-pecl-rrd : version 1.0.5
-* php-pecl-selinux
+* php-pecl-selinux : version 0.3.1
-* php-pecl-solr
+* php-pecl-solr : version 1.0.2
-* php-pecl-sphinx
+* php-pecl-sphinx : version 1.1.0
-* php-pecl-ssh2
+* php-pecl-ssh2 : version 0.11.3
-* php-pecl-xdebug
+* php-pecl-xdebug : version 2.2.0 from git
-* php-pecl-yaml
+* php-pecl-yaml : version 1.0.1
-* php-shout
+* php-shout : version 0.9.2
 * rrdtool-php
 * syck-php
 * uuid-php
 * zorba-php
+N.B. when version is given, this means package have been build/test against php 5.4. All patches are, of course, reported to each upstream.
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+Work in a dedicated build target. Merge only when all is ok.
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 *
+Fedora 17 includes version 5.4.0 of php. This includes a number of significant new features, including support for [[http://www.php.net/traits traits], as well as a number of performance enhancements. For complete details see  [http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_4/UPGRADING?view=co UPGRADING] (link to upstream announcement when available).
+Fedora 17 now provides php extension to used with apache in worker mode (aka as ZTS extensions)
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