RE: PHP4 Forward Port to Lenny
Hi Holger,
> I'd suggest you host the source and binary packages somewhere else than backports.org.
> If you don't have such a place, debian-community.org could probably be one, or you create
> an alioth project or use the collab-maint alioth project. All of these options give you webspace,
> alioth is probably the best option.
As it is an "unsupported" port hosting the patch and the instructions on old.nabble.com
will be enough to help people seeking on the internet for it.
> And (to those rightfully pointing out that php4 has no security support), yes, but many companies
> still use php4, heck, there are even some which use php3 ;-) Most probably use it on internal and/or
> unimportant systems, where it's cheaper to life with this security risk and be prepared for it,
> then migrating thousands of lines of code. That's called real life.
>
> So putting this old crap up somewhere and saying it's crap prominently (and
> why) and what to do instead/if possible, is better than putting the head in the
> sand and saying "you must upgrade, it's the only sensible thing to do"
> when it's not.
I totally agree with you.
Even if the official support is gone you will still have "customers" who will
ask for PHP4 just because they have old scripts and they want to run them.
Many companies keep on running old applications for years and don't want to
invest money to re-develop everything from scratch to get the same functionnality.
The new developpement will also add additonal bugs and it will take months or
even years before reaching the same level of stability of the application.
"Developers" and "Sales" want to push customers to adopt new products.
"Customers" would like to avoid investing more money for something already
working. Software development cycle, End of life of widespread products are
always subject to discussions (PHP 4 vs 5, MySQL 4 vs 5, Windows XP vs Vista, etc.).
" is not supported anymore since years " is familiar to me..
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42416
Best Regards,
Guy Baconniere
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