[marketing] Fwd: Fedora 30 Self-Contained Change proposal: PHP 7.3

I caught this off the devel list and thought it was particularly exciting. :) It would be cool to promote this upcoming change more visibly – as a sysadmin / Fedora user, this type of news is interesting to me. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fedora 30 Self-Contained Change proposal: PHP 7.3 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:59:04 -0400 From: Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com&gt; Reply-To: Development discussions related to Fedora <devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; To: devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/php73 = PHP 7.3 = == Summary == Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.3.x == Owner == * Name: [[User:Remi| Remi Collet]] and [[SIGs/PHP|PHP SIG]] * Email: remi at fedoraproject dot org == Detailed Description == Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.3.x. * [http://php.net/archive/2018.php#id2018-09-13-2 First RC] was released on Sept 13th * PHP 7.3.0 is [https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73 planed] for end of year, which seems compatible with Fedora roadmap. Compatibility for PHP code is very good. == Benefit to Fedora == Provides the latest PHP version to developers and system administrators. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Check Koschei status. Test with latest version to ensure compatibility. Work with upstream on bug fixing. Needed mass rebuild (C extensions) done by change owner. * Other developers: 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) == How To Test == * The PHP stack (extensions and libraries) are monitored by Koschei, see the https://apps.fedoraproject.org/koschei/groups/php?order_by=state%2C-started * install and play with your web applications == User Experience == Developers and system administrators will have the great benefit or running the latest PHP version. == Dependencies == All php-* packages (and some *-php) == Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: Drop not compatible packages. == Documentation == * [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/PHP-7.3/UPGRADING * [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/PHP-7.3/UPGRADING.INTERNALS -- Ben Cotton Fedora Program Manager TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org