Re: add php-rrd2 or update php-rrd

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> writes:

> Hello,
> databases/php-rrd is currently using a version (1.x) compatible
> only with php 5.x
> I have an update to 2.0.3 ready but the 2.x versions are only compatible
> with php7 and newer (I'm using it with php 8.3).
> Should I keep php-rrd at 1.1.3 and add a php-rrd2, or should I just update
> php-rrd and drop php 5.6 support ?
>
> I'd prefer to just update php-rrd. Is anybody using it and can't switch to
> a more recent php ?

For what it's worth, my take (personally, pmc hat off):

php56 is on thin ice - it's the python2 of the php world.  We aren't
trying to just delete it because surely it is still in use.  It is
normal for upstreams to drop support for very old language variants, and
I don't think we need to have a general practice of adding old versions.
It is nice to ask people, though!

In general, if we don't have a good reason for something to be
versioned, I think it is better not to.  It causes package name churn,
and then we both end up having to ask about deleting it and tend to
version new major versions, even if they don't warrant it.  I think
that's what you are saying (at least in part).