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[Mark McKinstry <901800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

While PHP 5.3 is the latest version of PHP, there are still lots of apps
that are incompatible with PHP 5.3 and need PHP 5.2. Currently with el6
you're left high and dry.

It was less than 1.5 years ago (July 22, 2010) with the release of PHP
5.2.14 (http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_14.php) that PHP ended support
active support for PHP 5.2. They have continued to fix major bugs and
we're up to PHP 5.2.17 right now. As much as I'd like to see everything
switch to PHP 5.3, the reality of the situation is PHP 5.2 was a very
popular line and many things were written for it. Updating code takes
time especially when you have to rely on a 3rd party to do it.

Given all these reasons, I think there should be support for PHP 5.2 on
el6. I've updated the spec for php52 so it builds on el6. I also built
and tested it on el4 and el5 and it worked fine. It also includes
Litespeed support.

https://code.launchpad.net/~mmckinst/ius/php52-el456

** Affects: ius
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  PHP 5.2 support for el6

Status in IUS Community Project:
  New

Bug description:
  While PHP 5.3 is the latest version of PHP, there are still lots of
  apps that are incompatible with PHP 5.3 and need PHP 5.2. Currently
  with el6 you're left high and dry.

  It was less than 1.5 years ago (July 22, 2010) with the release of PHP
  5.2.14 (http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_14.php) that PHP ended support
  active support for PHP 5.2. They have continued to fix major bugs and
  we're up to PHP 5.2.17 right now. As much as I'd like to see
  everything switch to PHP 5.3, the reality of the situation is PHP 5.2
  was a very popular line and many things were written for it. Updating
  code takes time especially when you have to rely on a 3rd party to do
  it.

  Given all these reasons, I think there should be support for PHP 5.2
  on el6. I've updated the spec for php52 so it builds on el6. I also
  built and tested it on el4 and el5 and it worked fine. It also
  includes Litespeed support.

  https://code.launchpad.net/~mmckinst/ius/php52-el456

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