WL: Backport of php56u to el6

[Jakov Sosic]

IUS offers php56u for el7, but it doesn't provide one for el6.

There are lot of installations out there still on el6, and would like to benefit out of new PHP. Since you already have packages I presume backporting shouldn't pose a big problem.

I can assist with testing.

[Carl George (carl.george)]

The latest build (php56u-5.6.2-1.ius) now supports el6. Those package will move to the testing repos tonight. Please use then in your normal work flow and let us know if you run into any issues.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/1382506

[Jakov Sosic (jsosic)]

On 10/17/2014 06:29 PM, Carl George wrote:
> The latest build (php56u-5.6.2-1.ius) now supports el6. Those package
> will move to the testing repos tonight. Please use then in your normal
> work flow and let us know if you run into any issues.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/1382506

Thank you, I will try it immediately @ dev environment and will progress
through envs. I will need a month though to progress to prod. I will
keep you informed.

[bharper (bharper)]

We have already pushed the main php56u packages for el6 into the stable repos.

-Ben

[Jakov Sosic (jsosic)]

Packages are already in process of testing. Developers have work with symfony 1.x framework compatibility with 5.6 and also changing mysql to mysqli.

I will report as time goes on how satisfied are we and if everything is working.

So far so good.

[Jakov Sosic (jsosic)]

PS. Thank you very much !!!