Installing to /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php/Zend/ isn't the best idea

[Christian Boltz]

The libzend-framework-php package installs its files to /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php/Zend/

This isn't a good idea, because PHP applications don't find it there (because of the .../libzend-framework-php/... subdirectory, which is not in the include_path)

I know that the package also ships /etc/php5/conf.d/zend-framework.ini which would add this directory to the include_path - if the line wasn't commented out :-(

If there isn't a very good reason for the subdirectory, why don't you just package the files into /usr/share/php/Zend/ ? This would avoid lots of problems ;-)

Sidenotes:
- this interesting[tm] packaging just caused a quite long debugging session with a user of PostfixAdmin (I'm upstream developer of it)
- I checked the filelist on http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/all/libzend-framework-php/filelist
- personally, I'm using openSUSE ;-)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Hello Christian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted zend-framework into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zend-framework/1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Christian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted zend-framework into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zend-framework/1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Robie Basak (racb)]

@nacc

Just passing through. Note that this still needs verification please.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Another ping; this is additionally blocking an icingaweb2 SRU.

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Verified on both x and y by installing the release version and then upgrading to the proposed version. A symlink from /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php -> /usr/share/php results and the Zend directory is correctly in /usr/share/php. A warning is emitted during the upgrade, as /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php is not delete-able (it's not empty, as the target of the link that is /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php is not empty). I don't think this is incorrect and am not sure there is any correct way to solve this to avoid any potential regressions with users relying on the older path.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package zend-framework - 1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.04.1

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zend-framework (1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * d/Makefile, d/dirs, d/p/series: install Zend into /usr/share/php
    rather than /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php.
    - Add an entry to the maintscript to install a symlink at
      /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php, in case any end users are using the
      old path explicitly.
    - LP: #1574250, LP: #1066406

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:10:59 -0800

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for zend-framework has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package zend-framework - 1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.10.1

---------------
zend-framework (1.11.11-0ubuntu3.16.10.1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * d/Makefile, d/dirs, d/p/series: install Zend into /usr/share/php
    rather than /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php.
    - Add an entry to the maintscript to install a symlink at
      /usr/share/php/libzend-framework-php, in case any end users are using the
      old path explicitly.
    - LP: #1574250, LP: #1066406

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:21:43 -0800