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Revision as of 09:59, 26 March 2014

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PHP 5.6

Summary

Update the PHP stack to new version 5.6.

Owner

  • Name: Remi Collet
  • Email: remi @ fedora project DOT org
  • Release notes owner:

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 21
  • Last updated: 2014-03-26
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Important changes in this new version:

Security:

Language improvements:

New tool:

Benefit to Fedora

Provides the latest upstream PHP version.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:

Mass rebuild of all C extensions (repoquery --whatrequires 'php(api)')

  • Other developers:

(pure) PHP extension owners: ensure compatibility, usually this is detected by running upstream test suite, when exists.

PHP webapp owners: test

  • Release engineering:

N/A.

  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

N/A.

Upgrade/compatibility impact

This new version should maintains compatibility with version 5.5.x.

How To Test

  • test PHP web applications available in the repository

User Experience

Web developer will get the latest upstream PHP version.

Dependencies

Mass rebuild need: from repoquery --whatrequires 'php(zend-abi)'

Known as not ready:

  • php-pecl-parsekit (mostly dead upstream)
  • php-xcache (actively maintained upstream)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
  • Blocks product? product <-- Applicable for Changes that blocks specific product release/Fedora.next -->

Documentation

Upstream documentation: Migrating from PHP 5.5.x to PHP 5.6.x

Release Notes

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