[php-maint] Bug#821523: libownet-php: PHP 7.0 Transition

[Ondřej Surý]

Hi Vincent,

there's currently open issue for PHP 7.0 support:
https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/571 you might want to subscribe to
it.

This bug will become serious as php5 will get removed and the packages
will start to FTBFS, so I am afraid it might come to removing the php
support for a moment. It might be reinstated later when swig adds
support for PHP 7.

Cheers,
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, at 08:24, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> block 821523 by 821715
> thanks
> 
> Le 18/04/2016 22:58, Ondřej Surý a écrit :
> > Package: libownet-php
> > Version: 3.1p1-3
> > Severity: important
> > User: pkg-php-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
> > Usertags: php7.0-transition
> > 
> > Dear maintainer(s),
> > 
> > this bug is a part of ongoing php7.0 transition.  It is filled as
> > important, but the severity will be bumped to serious within quite short
> > (~month) timeframe as the transition was announced almost 3 months ago.
> 
>   The problem is that, to my knowledge, swig does not support
> php7 (yet).
>   In OWFS, php is just here to provide a binding (with the help
> of swig) to a library. If php5 support stops in Debian and swig
> does not get support php7, we will have to remove php support in
> OWFS (as this is already done in Ubuntu)
>   I wont do this for now, as this would be a regression for OWFS,
> hopping that swig improves and support php7.
> 
>   Note that I'm not a specialist of php nor swig. Do not hesitate
> to point me to new development, workarounds, ... or to correct my
> points if required.
> 
>   I'm CCing pkg-php-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org in case some
> have ideas about the swig issue (owfs wont be the only one I
> suspect) [I did not subscribe].
> 
>   Regards,
>     Vincent
> 
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