[Phpmyadmin-devel] Re: PHP 3 Compatibility

[Marc Delisle]

Michal Cihar a écrit:
> Hi all
> 
> moving this duscussion to list, because I thing it should be there :-)
> 
> Original message (Garvin Hicking, 19.11.2003 11:57):
> 
>>a) Wait until after 2.5.5 RC1 and apply changes to HEAD then.
>>Pro: No hurry for now.
>>Con: I might not have the time then :)
> 
> 
> No need to wait, if you have time :)
> 
> 
>>b) Branch off a QA_2_5_5 tree now, make the RC out from that branch
>>and apply my changes to HEAD now.
>>Pro: Work can start immediately, a quite stable 2.5.5 release.
>>Con: Later PHP4-enabled release
> 
> 
> We will say that we don't support php3, but the code will still contain
> many things for php3...
> 
> 
>>c) Branch of a PHP4_QA tree, apply my changes to that branch, merge
>>the changes to HEAD later on.
>>Pro: Agitate on a 'secure' branch, work can start immediately
>>Con: Maybe harder to merge afterwards, less people testing it (because
>>CVS snapshot is from HEAD, and people using CVS directly will most
>>likely use HEAD as well).
> 
> 
> People expect HEAD to be the currently developped one, changing this
> confuses them.
> 
> 
>>d) Make changes to HEAD. Make 2.5.5 the first PHP4-release, thus
>>moving the 2.5.5 RC1 about 1-2 weeks later and having huge changes in
>>that 2.5.5 release.
>>Pro: Making a real worthy 2.5.5 release? Work can start immediately.
>>Larger testing user base.
>>Con: No 2.5.5 release with the latest features, moved schedule.
> 
> 
> Good solution. If there are not any things that are worth of releasing
> quickly, I'd prefer this.
> 

I also prefer d). What about a reschedule of -rc1 to 2003-12-07?

Marc