Re: PHP 6

From:Date:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:54 +0000
Subject:Re: PHP 6
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 Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: 
Even though the 5.2 code base is fairly mature, it is far from being bug free. Unit tests are often a good way to identify corner cases that may not be handled properly even in the stable branches, so more tests IMHO is a good thing. Until the decision is made to discontinue the 5.2 branch, which should be done eventually, maybe even later this year, we should not neglect it from any standpoint, especially tests. 
 Hi Ilia, We should start a change of mind-set soon and I look forward to you coordinating & broadcasting a rough timeline for the 5.2 release schedule. To be clear for the record, I'm very much in favor of having PHP well tested. And fixes of course should still go to 5.2. Once you decide a release schedule for the last few PHP 5.2 releases, the criteria for accepting bug fixes should get stricter and stricter as the terminal release approaches. In my mind, tests are at the other end of the spectrum from security fixes. The testfest tests might possibly not get merged to SVN until later in the year, by which time the criteria for inclusion in PHP 5.2 should be different to that of today. P.S. I look forward to you merging tests for http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=295731http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=294335 etc Chris (feeling like he's crossed to Pierre's/Jani's corner of the ring with the above PS.) 
 On 10-03-11 5:06 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: 
 Eric Stewart wrote: 
Focusing TestFest on 5.3 was not how I had envisioned TestFest 2010, 
I was 
operating under the assumption we would be committing all applicable 
tests 
to 5.2, 5.3 and 6.0 as was done last year. Focusing strictly on 5.3 certainly makes my job (and others working on TestFest 2010) easier 
but I 
wasn't aware that anyone was even entertaining this. This is obviously not strictly on point with this discussion and I 
don't 
think a divergence from the main topic is appropriate at this 
moment. But it 
underscores the importance that we will be much better off hashing 
this out 
sooner rather than later as things in the near future will certainly 
bear 
significant effects. As this thread winds down and consensus is reached, I'll bring this particular topic up again on the QA List with a discussion based on 
results 
of late events. Eric Lee Stewart 
I think they should be merged to 5.3 and trunk (which is the "branch" I really meant in my previous email, not 5.4). Looking at e.g. the DBA tests, I am building with 3 different versions of the Berkeley DB client library. With OCI8 tests I build with three different client libraries and then test against three different DB versions. Repeating this kind of effort for 5.2 at this mature stage of its life isn't worthwhile use of resources IMHO (when no code has changed). In a perfect world we'd do it, but where we are now I think we need to focus the efforts of testers on 5.3+. Chris 
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