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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237231 ------- Comment #4 from mlemos@acm.org 2007-01-21 21:56 MST -------
Thank you Christian.
I do not use RPM packages for PHP in production because I compile PHP manually to be linked as a module of Apache 1.3.x. PHP 4 static linked with Apache 1.3.x can run much more efficently than with Apache 2, even more than PHP 5 with Apache 2.
the is afaics a myth.
I don't know what myth you are talking about, but I certainly would like to know about any demonstration that contradict the conclusions of this benchmark performed by Ilia Alshanetsky, a reputed core PHP developer. http://ilia.ws/archives/32-Apache-1-vs-Apache-2-Performance.html
BTW, before OpenSuSE newer versions adoption is also affected, you may want to review these statistics of adoption of PHP versions.
Chiken an egg problem , people wont move to PHP5 if we still support PHP4. this descision was taken about more than a year ago ( fedora, Redhat(for rhel5) SLES, Ubuntu) and many other has taken the same steps.
In the openSUSE case, this is desicsion was taken strictly due to a manteniance costs, and the lack of attention of php4 from upstream.(aka,it is dead)
this is not going to change, at anytime soon, soem issue with apache1.
I am not disputing Novell/SuSE decisions. I am just sharing my opinion that the 86% PHP 4 adoption will not drop anytime soon in the current installations that run it PHP 4 now. The problem has nothing to do with whether Linux distributions or PHP core developers state they are not supporting PHP 4 anymore. The real problem is that it costs time and money to site owners that to fix their PHP 4 applications to make them work in PHP 5. A lot of the site owners rather stick to old unsupported versions than dealing with the upgrade nightmares to backwards incompatible versions. As for the lack of upstream attention to PHP 4, maybe you are not aware PHP 4.4.5RC1 was released a few days ago. PHP 4 was closed to new features a long time ago. You can say almost the same about PHP 5, as most of the new development is focused in PHP 6. Anyway, this is just my opinion. I depend on their sites to not break to make a living. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.