[php-maint] Bug#752086: Bug#752086: [php5] Please do not request users to read UPGRADING in NEWS.Debian

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

On Thu, June 19, 2014 16:10, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Package: php5
> Version: 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-2 changelog entry reads:

> We shouldn't request users to read the full upgrade notes for 2 reasons:
>
>  1. We have nothing to gain from users reading that. We should simply
> inform them for their own good.

So we have nothing to gain from users reading upgrade notes but we should
simply inform them? This is an internal contradiction: we shouldn't have
users read upgrade nodes but they should know about upgrade issues. Right.

>  2. Even users usually don't need to read the full upgrade notes. Only a
> minority of developers want to read the full upgrade notes. Even the
> backwards-incompatible changes don't need to be read on many systems
> which only use packaged PHP scripts.

I'm fairly certain from experience that the vast majority of users are
running non-packaged PHP on their systems, which is a completely normal
use case. They should be informed of the changes in PHP versions.

I see no issue here.


Cheers,
Thijs