Thanks for the ihint. I'll use "suffix" instead. (I did a brief research about the difference between postfix and suffix; I can't say I fully understand it :-)) 'll also add a note about the modules that are available for php7 as well as users might need to manually install them. I'll probably post this tomorrow or the day after. Greetings, Pierre On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:19 PM Chester Wisniewski wrote:

I would recommend changing "postfix" to suffix. Postfix is a package, suffix works better in English.

Chester

-----Original Message----- From: Pierre Schmitz via arch-dev-public Reply-To: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development To: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development Cc: Pierre Schmitz Subject: [arch-dev-public] News draft: PHP 8.0 is available Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:04:51 +0100

Hi all,

I'd like to move the PHP 8 rebuild to [extra] soon. Here is a little news draft to mainly inform users about the new php7 package for legacy software:

--- The php package has been updated to version 8.0(1). Please refer to the upstream migration guide(2). As some applications are not compatible with PHP 8 yet we provide a php7 package which can be installed alongside version 8. Packages that depend on PHP reflect this update and will require php7 if needed. You might need to update your configuration accordingly. PHP 7 binaries and configuration have the "7" postfix: * /usr/bin/php -> /usr/bin/php7 * /etc/php -> /etc/php7 * /usr/bin/php-fpm -> /usr/bin/php-fpm7 * /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm7.service * /run/php-fpm -> /run/php-fpm7 Note that support for php7 will be limited and likely be dropped in about a year(3) depending on how soon the majority of applications will be compatible with version 8. --- 1) https://www.php.net/releases/8.0/en.php 2) https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.php 3) https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Let me know if I should add or change anything.

Greetings,

Pierre