[horde] Horde_Imap_Client-2.3.1 does not work

[Andrew Morgan]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Michael M Slusarz wrote:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> I can't stress enough that while we only require PHP 5.3.0, people should 
>> REALLY be using the most-up-to date PHP versions and should NOT be using 
>> PHP versions installed via a distribution package.
>
> To clarify:
>
> It's one thing to be an API change that was made in a specific PHP version. 
> This can be worked around and is known at the time the code is written.
>
> However, the present issue is entirely a PHP issue - not a Horde/IMP issue. 
> The code added to Horde/IMP is 100% valid code according to the PHP 5.3 
> documentation.
>
> The problem is that people are relying on 2+ year old software.  Distribution 
> packaging may work for a user application.  It does not work for a package 
> that contains a documented, final-word API, like PHP.
>
> Running a 2 year old programming language interpreter (+ security patches!) 
> is not acceptable in the real world.  This is just another example.

The odds of any non-developer compiling PHP are close to zero.

 	Andy