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 <pie...@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
