Comment # 10 on bug 1012140 from Johannes Weberhofer

(In reply to Eric Schirra from comment #9)
> (In reply to Johannes Weberhofer from comment #8)
> > It's possibly not sufficient to rename the packages - all the packages
> > should be reviewed and updated as most are really out of date.
> 
> I don't understand this.
> Some would use php5, some other php7.
> So i think we need both. 
> Or do i understand somezhing not rightly?
> 
> And when we need only one package, what must i do in my many requests?
> The request are now 15 days old with no reply. :-(

IMHO there are a view things to be done:

* The packaging must be reviewed: several packages from PHP5 have been created
over the years and are built in very complicated manner. 50% of the spec file
can sometimes be removed

* The pear packages must have the following dependencies:
Provides:       php-pear-%{Auth_SASL} = %{version}
Provides:       php-pear(%{Auth_SASL}) = %{version}
Obsoletes:      php5-pear-Auth_SASL

* All the provides with lowercase names should be dropped. Makes everything
very complicated.

* Several packages must be upgraded (many offers changes to better support
PHP7)

We are a bit late with that, but I think this is THE chance to start PHP7 with
good packages. Many of those packages seem to have bad support for years now.