Fwd: Fedora 30 Self-Contained Change proposal: PHP 7.3

[Justin W. Flory]

I caught this off the devel list and thought it was particularly
exciting. :) It would be cool to promote this upcoming change more
visibly – as a sysadmin / Fedora user, this type of news is interesting
to me.


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Fedora 30 Self-Contained Change proposal: PHP 7.3
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:59:04 -0400
From: Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com&gt;
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/php73

= PHP 7.3 =

== Summary ==
Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.3.x

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Remi| Remi Collet]] and [[SIGs/PHP|PHP SIG]]
* Email: remi at fedoraproject dot org

== Detailed Description ==
Update the PHP stack in Fedora to latest version 7.3.x.

* [http://php.net/archive/2018.php#id2018-09-13-2 First RC] was
released on Sept 13th
* PHP 7.3.0 is [https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73 planed] for end of
year, which seems compatible with Fedora roadmap.

Compatibility for PHP code is very good.


== Benefit to Fedora ==
Provides the latest PHP version to developers and system administrators.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Check Koschei status. Test with latest version to
ensure compatibility. Work with upstream on bug fixing. Needed mass
rebuild (C extensions) done by change owner.
* Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

== How To Test ==
* The PHP stack (extensions and libraries) are monitored by Koschei,
see the
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/koschei/groups/php?order_by=state%2C-started
* install and play with your web applications

== User Experience ==
Developers and system administrators will have the great benefit or
running the latest PHP version.


== Dependencies ==
All php-* packages (and some *-php)

== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: Drop not compatible packages.

== Documentation ==
* [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/PHP-7.3/UPGRADING
* [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/php/php-src/PHP-7.3/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
-- 
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
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