Re: [arch-dev-public] State of PHP 8 update

The module rebuild todo list is now available at https://archlinux.org/todo/php-8-and-php7-module-rebuild/ On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:11 PM Pierre Schmitz wrote:

Just another headshup:

I'll push php7 and php-8 package to staging today. I'll create a rebuild list for all modules. Once this is done I would move them to [testing] and we can check the scripts we provide for PHP 8 compatibility and update their dependency for PHP 7 if needed.

Greetings,

Pierre

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 5:31 PM Pierre Schmitz wrote:

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Hi all,

as people start asking me when to expect PHP 8 packages in our repos, here is a quick update: * For those who seek adventure, I'll already have version 8 in my unofficial repo * A lot of the libraries I tested do not work with PHP 8 yet. E.g. Doctrine, Elastic-Search, ... * Software that was written for PHP 5 and was never properly ported to 7 will not work; e.g. FluxBB we use for our Forums * Updating software to work with PHP 8 is quite easy though and I expect way less issues than the back in the days when we transitioned from 5 to 7 * A lot of developers use Arch, therefor I would like to provide PHP 8 as soon as possible which in turn should speed up the migration or everybody * I will check if we could provide php7 packages alongside version 8 so people can start developing for 9 but still are able to run some apps with 7. PHP 7 will be supported by upstream for almost 2 years: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

I'll keep you updated.

Greetings,

Pierre

-- Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com