[php-maint] Bug#750682: Bug#750682: [php5] Experimental warning in NEWS.Debian

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

severity 750682 normal
tags 750682 pending
thanks

On Thu, June 5, 2014 18:36, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Package: php5
> Version: 5.6.0~beta3+dfsg-2
> Severity: serious
>
> NEWS.Debian contains the following entry:
>> php5 (5.6.0~alpha1+dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium
>>
>> * THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!
>> * PHP 5.6.0alpha1 comes with new features such as (incomplete list) :
>> + constant scalar expressions,
>> + variadic functions,
>> + argument unpacking,
>> + support for large(>2GiB) file uploads,
>> + SSL/TLS improvements,
>> + a new command line debugger called phpdbg.
>>
>> -- Ondřej Surý <ondrej at debian.org> Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:02:20 +0100
>
> I'm not sure from what angle this should be taken. On one hand, although
> the version which reached testing is no longer alpha, it's still very
> early. The current release's announcement had a similar disclaimer:
> http://php.net/archive/2014.php#id2014-05-15-1
>
> On the other hand, we have a history of aggressive PHP packaging. Even the
> last major version was packaged at RC stage. As far as I know/remember,
> that went rather well, so we might be as lucky. Alpha versions have been
> packaged since January.

Thanks. This message was already removed in git so it won't display on
jessie upgrades after the next upload.


Cheers,
Thijs