PHP 5.2 support for el6

[Mark McKinstry]

While PHP 5.3 is the latest version of PHP, there are still lots of apps that are incompatible with PHP 5.3 and need PHP 5.2. Currently with el6 you're left high and dry.

It was less than 1.5 years ago (July 22, 2010) with the release of PHP 5.2.14 (http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_14.php) that PHP ended support active support for PHP 5.2. They have continued to fix major bugs and we're up to PHP 5.2.17 right now. As much as I'd like to see everything switch to PHP 5.3, the reality of the situation is PHP 5.2 was a very popular line and many things were written for it. Updating code takes time especially when you have to rely on a 3rd party to do it.

Given all these reasons, I think there should be support for PHP 5.2 on el6. I've updated the spec for php52 so it builds on el6. I also built and tested it on el4 and el5 and it worked fine. It also includes Litespeed support.

https://code.launchpad.net/~mmckinst/ius/php52-el456

[BJ Dierkes (derks)]

Honestly, in my opinion adding php52 for el6 would just be enabling people to never update their code. If you can't run on the latest php... Then you shouldn't be running the latest OS. El5 is still going to be around a while. At least long enough for everyone in the world to become 5.3 compatible. For That reason I don't see why hacking it into el6 is desirable.

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On Dec 8, 2011, at 12:11 PM, "Mark McKinstry" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> While PHP 5.3 is the latest version of PHP, there are still lots of apps
> that are incompatible with PHP 5.3 and need PHP 5.2. Currently with el6
> you're left high and dry.
>
> It was less than 1.5 years ago (July 22, 2010) with the release of PHP
> 5.2.14 (http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_14.php) that PHP ended support
> active support for PHP 5.2. They have continued to fix major bugs and
> we're up to PHP 5.2.17 right now. As much as I'd like to see everything
> switch to PHP 5.3, the reality of the situation is PHP 5.2 was a very
> popular line and many things were written for it. Updating code takes
> time especially when you have to rely on a 3rd party to do it.
>
> Given all these reasons, I think there should be support for PHP 5.2 on
> el6. I've updated the spec for php52 so it builds on el6. I also built
> and tested it on el4 and el5 and it worked fine. It also includes
> Litespeed support.
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~mmckinst/ius/php52-el456
>
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> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901800
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> Title:
> PHP 5.2 support for el6
>
> Status in IUS Community Project:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> While PHP 5.3 is the latest version of PHP, there are still lots of
> apps that are incompatible with PHP 5.3 and need PHP 5.2. Currently
> with el6 you're left high and dry.
>
> It was less than 1.5 years ago (July 22, 2010) with the release of PHP
> 5.2.14 (http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_14.php) that PHP ended support
> active support for PHP 5.2. They have continued to fix major bugs and
> we're up to PHP 5.2.17 right now. As much as I'd like to see
> everything switch to PHP 5.3, the reality of the situation is PHP 5.2
> was a very popular line and many things were written for it. Updating
> code takes time especially when you have to rely on a 3rd party to do
> it.
>
> Given all these reasons, I think there should be support for PHP 5.2
> on el6. I've updated the spec for php52 so it builds on el6. I also
> built and tested it on el4 and el5 and it worked fine. It also
> includes Litespeed support.
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~mmckinst/ius/php52-el456
>
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