> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 09:52:34AM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 05:33:21PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > > Hi devs,
> > >
> > > For focal the server team will be transitioning PHP to 7.4 over the
> > > coming weeks.
> > >
> > > Since version 7.0, upstream PHP has adopted a regular release cadence,
> > > with one release per year. Each release is supported for 2 years, plus a
> > > third year of security critical fixes.[1] Changes from 7.3 to 7.4 are
> > > modest, but the extra year of upstream support is a tangible benefit for
> > > the Ubuntu LTS.
> > >
> > > The language binary, php7.4, is already sync'd to universe in focal.
> > > Remaining parts of the stack are in process by Debian, but are expected
> > > to enter experimental/universe soon. Initial build testing shows the
> > > changes that have been queued in Debian's git package repos have
> > > addressed most build issues, and will simply need synced/merged.
> >
> > It's stuck in proposed due to failing autopkgtests of reverse
> > dependencies, and it also depends on the icu transition. Hopefully
> > icu is done soon, I guess I'd wait for this first before entangling
> > another transition into it.
>
> Thanks for the head's up, I'll keep an eye on when it migrates.
>
> > I have added a transition tracker for php7.4.
>
> Great, thanks.
Btw, if you want to update the linked ticket for that tracker, the lp
bug report I'm using for tracking this is
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-defaults/+bug/1855020/
Bryce
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