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

[Pierre Schmitz]

I will soon move the packages to [testing]. Thanks for everybody
helping out. I'll then set up a todo list to check for compatibility
with packages depending on PHP.

Some notes:
* I have built xdebug for PHP8; I'll let the maintainer decide if a
php7 version might be of use
* I will simply drop php-apcu-bc. It is a dead project (does no longer
work with PHP 8) and was only of use for old PHP 5 projects
* Does anybody know if php-mongodb is still intentionally in our repos
since mongodb had been removed?
* libguestfs does not build with PHP 8; but it does not build with PHP
7 neither. I assume this package has other problems. I'll just ignore
this for now unless someone objects. PHP is only a makedepends here.

If everything works out we might be able to move PHP 8 to [extra] by
next weekend.

Greetings,

Pierre

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 5:48 PM Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:
>
> 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 <pierre at archlinux.de> 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 <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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