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On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 11:45:37 +0100 |
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Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o> wrote: |
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> to be honest I was very upset when I first stumbled upon this problem. |
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> And yes I only found about it when my apache webserver started to |
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> deliver php source code instead of the real sites. |
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> Doing such a change without getting in contact with me as apache |
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> maintainer before the change was done is very... eh... impolite at best. |
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Well, if this is the common outcome, then I dare say it's very bad, |
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at least. Gentoo was never the distribution people could seriously |
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consider stable, and it not uncommon for breakages like this to happen. |
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But still, it's very bad if an upgrade is going to suddenly cause |
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webserver to disclose script sources rather than running it. |
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While of course the sole fact that this can happen is a complete |
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disastrous design failure, we can't really do much about it or cause |
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people to stop using such misdesigned software. Nevertheless, I think |
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it would be reasonable to at least try to reduce the intentional |
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breakage to bare minimum. |
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Therefore, I think you should really work on some kind of backwards |
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compatibility for people using '-D PHP5' that would prevent those kind |
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of issues at least for some migration period. With big fat warnings for |
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people who run it. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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