some basic rules with regards to Git usage will::
a. Make everybody happier, especially those responsible for maintaining
- Git itself.
+ PHP itself.
b. Keep the changes consistently well documented and easily trackable.
PHP-5.6 Is used to release the PHP 5.6.x series. This is a current
stable version and is open for bugfixes only.
- PHP-5.5 Is used to release the PHP 5.5.x series. This is a current
- stable version and is open for bugfixes only.
+ PHP-5.5 Is used to release the PHP 5.5.x series. This is an old
+ stable version and is open for security fixes only.
- PHP-5.4 Is used to release the PHP 5.4.x series. This is a current
- stable version and is open for bugfixes only.
+ PHP-5.4 Is used to release the PHP 5.4.x series. This is an old
+ stable version and is open for security fixes only.
PHP-5.3 This branch is closed.
The next few rules are more of a technical nature::
- 1. All changes should first go to the lowest branch (i.e. 5.4) and then
+ 1. All changes should first go to the lowest branch (i.e. 5.6) and then
get merged up to all other branches. If a change is not needed for
later branches (i.e. fixes for features which where dropped from later
branches) an empty merge should be done.