I'm generally the only person in ~ubuntu-server (and ~ubuntu-server-dev) looking after the PHP packaging in Ubuntu at the moment (kindly assisted on occasion by Ondřej, who is also the primary Debian PHP maintainer).
We currently have 21 open bugs mentioning "fpm" in src:php5, and 97 bugs in total. This is too many - mainly because I am quite stretched at the moment looking after many server packages in Ubuntu. As an example, bug 1242376 is an issue I have been involved in but still lacks a resolution in Ubuntu, even though a patch is available. I am aware of it - just haven't had time (and priority, with php5-fpm being a universe package) to look at the latest patch that others have made available. I think this demonstrates that there is a shortage of Ubuntu developers looking into this at the moment, so I am reluctant when it comes to adding to my workload. In addition, Debian has had an RFS open on php5 for two years now: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664595. I have helped where I can, including fixing things affecting Debian and pushing patches back up. But it is quite clear to me that we could really use more manpower in php5 right now - both in Debian and in Ubuntu. I support putting server packages into main where they are relevant for our users - but this has to be balanced with the workload. There is little point in doing to the point where quality suffers. That would make main inclusion pointless. So this is a +0 from me. I am open to changing my mind if either 1) more developers step up to help maintain the package in Ubuntu, or 2) a convincing case is made for the relevance of php5-fpm in main. I appreciate your popcon research, but I am not convinced that this is representative of production users (who rarely have popularity-contest installed, and where main inclusion really makes a difference, as opposed to hobby experimenters). I welcome further debate/feedback on the relevance topic, though I'm not sure how involved I would be in that except to form an opinion. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #664595 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664595 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1267255 Title: [MIR] php5 (php5-fpm binary) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1267255/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
