[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation/

[Brian Evans]

commit:     fb27e94bd393e3f670ec9018528920539829fa56
Author:     Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 30 20:02:27 2019 +0000
Commit:     Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Aug 30 20:02:27 2019 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=fb27e94b

Deprecation announcement of PHP 5.6 branch

This is a potential major change for older software so a news item will
promptly alert our users.  Other major distros have dropped it in their
LTS and this is the next step for us as well.

Signed-off-by: Brian Evans <grknight <AT> gentoo.org>

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+Title: Deprecation and removal of PHP 5.6
+Author: Brian Evans <grknight@g.o>
+Posted: 2019-08-30
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-lang/php:5.6
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/haru
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/magickwand
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-bbcode
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-cairo
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-dbx
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-htscanner
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-libevent
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-memcache
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mongo
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mysqlnd_ms
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mysqlnd_qc
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-sphinx
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-spl_types
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-svn
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-xrange
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/suhosin
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/xcache
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/xhprof
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-apcu:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-dbase:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-http:2
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mailparse:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-memcached:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-oauth:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-propro:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-ps:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-raphf:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-rrd:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-ssh2:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-stomp:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-xdiff:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-yaml:0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/twig[extension]
+Display-If-Installed: dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysql
+Display-If-Installed: media-gfx/exact-image[php]
+Display-If-Installed: sci-geosciences/mapserver[php,php_targets_php5-6]
+Display-If-Installed: www-apps/rutorrent:3.4-r1
+Display-If-Installed: www-server/nginx-unit[php56]
+
+The Gentoo PHP Team is announcing the deprecation and future removal of
+PHP 5.6. As of October 1, 2019, PHP 5.6 will be masked for removal.
+Since some may consider this a critical package, we have decided on a
+longer than normal 90 day removal period.
+
+Other distributions have already or will have moved to PHP 7.2 by the end of
+the year.  Currently, we are using a backport repository to keep
+security updates in line with the main releases.  However, we feel this
+is the right time to remove this branch as maintenance burden will
+likely only increase.
+
+To that end, the long list of PHP 5 only extensions must accompany its
+removal. Many of which are long ignored by their upstream maintainers
+and have no replacements.  Some packages listed here have PHP 5 only
+slots which are included as reminders to upgrade.
+
+Some packages do have replacements:
+dev-php/pecl-memcache can be replaced by dev-php/pecl-memcached with
+  some small code modifications
+dev-php/pecl-mongo has been superceded by dev-php/mongodb
+dev-php/pecl-libevent should be replaced by dev-php/pecl-event
+  with code changes
+dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysql should be easily replaced by
+  dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysqli with minor configuration changes