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Ubuntu 12.04 php 5.3 version support

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Please let me know if the ubuntu 12.04 LTS will be use php version 5.3 until 2017 and if so then the php will be supported as the end of the distribution? Thank you

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If it doesn't, you can report a bug to get it updated. If the bug and security fixes are significant it will be updated.

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ac (aceoscy) said : 		#2

The problem is that I don't want any update to php over 5.3.

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Ubuntu is no rolling release, that means that usually a certain package stays at the same version number as it was when an Ubuntu release was published. Necessary fixes usually will be done on microversion level, and not on release level.

Using php5 as example:

When Ubuntu precise was published, it included php5 version 5.3.10-1ubuntu3
Meanwhile some security fixes have been added, raising the version number to 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13

Ubuntu Trusty was delivered with php5 version 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4, the current version number is 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu utopic will be delivered with php5 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu3 or even higher.

If nothing unexpected will happen (e.g. an extreme security vulnerability that cannot be cured by other means than a full release upgrade), I expect that throughout the full live cycle of Ubuntu precise, the php5 version will stay on 5.3.10.

Note: There are certain packages, where in course of the life time of the Ubuntu release also the package version will be upgraded, examples are firefox, thunderbird, java, timezone-information etc.

see e.g. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions

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ac (aceoscy) said : 		#4

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.