[arch-dev-public] News draft: PHP 8.0 is available

[Pierre Schmitz]

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 <chetw at zuzax.com> 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 <arch-dev-public at lists.archlinux.org>
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> Cc: Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de>
> 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
>