PHP4 in extras?

[Paul Howarth]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 5/16/05, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> 
>>I'll try hacking the configure script not to complain about PHP != 4.3.x
>>and see how much further it gets.
> 
> 
> My personal feeling is that long term you will want to avoid having to
> maintain php in extras.. just for your own sanity.  At some point you
> have to ask the hard question about whether trying to keep up with
> things like php4 security issues over the long haul is less of a
> resource burn than working with php-gtk developers to support php5. 
> Unfortunately, confidently knowing that answer invovles seeing the
> future.  You could however gain insight by finding a php-gtk developer
> and asking them about the state of php5 support.  It might be a better
> use of your time to help them getting php-gtk working with php5,
> depending on the specific issues invovled.

Having taken at look at the php spec file from FC3, I think you're 
right. I may have to wait for php-gtk version 2; we'll see.

Paul.