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PHP 7.0

Summary

Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.0.x

Owner

  • Name: Remi Collet
  • Email: remi at fedoraproject dot org
  • Release notes owner:

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 25
  • Last updated: 2016-06-14
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.0.x, which brings a big performance improvement.

  • PHP 7.0.0 was released in December 2015.
  • PHP 7.1.0 is planed for end of year, but is probably not compatible with our Schedule, will probably be a Fedora 26 feature

Compatibility for PHP code is very good, while internal API have big changes, implying a major rewrite of C extensions.

See documentation :

Benefit to Fedora

Provides the latest PHP version to developers and system administrators.

Some other distributions already provides this version, upgrade have been differed in Fedora to give time to projects using PHP to fix compatibility.

This will be an opportunity to clean (remove) old packages, not compatible and unmaintained upstream.


Scope

  • Other developers: all PHP package owners
  • Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
  • Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes

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