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Ben Ramsey

2 years ago

Hi, all!

According to the supported versions page[^1] (and our release process documentation), active support for PHP-8.1 ends on 25 Nov 2023. Since our release cycle has a release falling on 23 Nov, this means PHP 8.1.26 is the last bug-fix release for the 8.1 series. Following PHP 8.1.26, PHP 8.1 will be in security maintenance mode.

I know there was some confusion around this, and I apologize that we didn’t make this clear earlier (though the dates have been posted for a while ;-) ).

PHP 8.1.26RC1 was technically the last chance to get in bug fixes and have them tested prior to the release on 23 Nov.

Unfortunately, we’ve had a few bug fixes merged into the PHP-8.1 branch since yesterday, and I’ll work with Patrick and others on figuring out what to do with these.

Cheers,
Ben

[^1]: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Remi Collet

2 years ago

Le 10/11/2023 à 20:57, Ben Ramsey a écrit :

> Hi, all!
>
> According to the supported versions page[^1] (and our release process documentation), active support for PHP-8.1 ends on 25 Nov 2023. Since our release cycle has a release falling on 23 Nov, this means PHP 8.1.26 is the last bug-fix release for the 8.1 series. Following PHP 8.1.26, PHP 8.1 will be in security maintenance mode.
>
> I know there was some confusion around this, and I apologize that we didn’t make this clear earlier (though the dates have been posted for a while ;-) ).
>
> PHP 8.1.26RC1 was technically the last chance to get in bug fixes and have them tested prior to the release on 23 Nov.
>
> Unfortunately, we’ve had a few bug fixes merged into the PHP-8.1 branch since yesterday, and I’ll work with Patrick and others on figuring out what to do with these.

Sorry to have push such fix (zip ext)
Feel free to revert
(IMHO this is really a minor issue for very specific usage)

IIRC on previous versions, the branch was close on date (25th)
which means we have 1 more bugfix version for such late fixes


Remi

Ben Ramsey

2 years ago

NB: this is a reply to the other thread, with the subject changed.

On 11/10/23 13:57, Ben Ramsey wrote:

> Hi, all!
>
> According to the supported versions page[^1] (and our release process documentation), active support for PHP-8.1 ends on 25 Nov 2023. Since our release cycle has a release falling on 23 Nov, this means PHP 8.1.26 is the last bug-fix release for the 8.1 series. Following PHP 8.1.26, PHP 8.1 will be in security maintenance mode.
>
> I know there was some confusion around this, and I apologize that we didn’t make this clear earlier (though the dates have been posted for a while ;-) ).
>
> PHP 8.1.26RC1 was technically the last chance to get in bug fixes and have them tested prior to the release on 23 Nov.
>
> Unfortunately, we’ve had a few bug fixes merged into the PHP-8.1 branch since yesterday, and I’ll work with Patrick and others on figuring out what to do with these.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
> [^1]: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

We’ve discussed this among release managers, and I’m updating this
thread to clarify that I was mistaken about what the dates for supported
versions mean. These are the dates up until we will accept patches to a
version branch. So, for example, we will accept bug fix patches in the
PHP-8.1 version branch until 25 November. This means there may be
another release following the end-of-active-support date, if there are
bug fixes in the version branch.

The PHP-8.1 branch is open for bug fixes UNTIL 25 November. I’m very
sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,
Ben