PHP-upgrade

[Weitian LI]

Hello.

Thank you for the feedback.

We're building the latest packages for the freebsd-ports 2026Q4, for 
both v6.4 release and the master branch. The packages for master branch 
are already in good shape, but there may be more failures for 6.4 
release as it's already quite old. We're trying to make the packages 
available to the public as soon as possible; should be ready in a few days.

On the other hand, I'll try to backport a few more fixes to 6.4 release 
and we can later quickly release the v6.4.3.

The dports/packages failures have been the major blocker for releasing 
v6.6. We're really lacking the manpower and help in this regard. Once 
the dports/packages are in good shape, I believe it's time for the v6.6 
release.

Thank you all.

Bests,
Aaron

PS. Resend the mail because my previous mailbox was blocked by Outlook. 
Sorry for the noise.


On 11/3/26 5:36 PM, Francis GUDIN wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i can only add my voice to Jávorszky's.
> We all know this is volunteer work and thankfully use your craft (in my case, since a few months after you announced your fork, Matt).
> 
> Living with years old software is ok in my personal setting (i moved my wife's laptop to OpenBSD years ago and i rely on it for tasks that mandate a tiny bit of security, like banking or shopping on the web).
> Matters are different in the enterprise. At my job, i've been promoting Dragonfly and running 2 VMs for about 6 years. They host LibreNMS, Zabbix and assume a few other functions where a UNIX host is a handy fit.
> 
> This morning i was asked whether they were up to date regarding the PHP vulnerabilities. I could only say that packages weren't available **yet**.
> I might be asked in a near future to just rip them off and reinstall my stuff on a loonix.
> 
> Sad but true.
> 
> Keep up the great work! But perhaps keep in mind that an OS is there first of all to run applications.
> 
> Regards,

> 3 novembre 2026 08:11 "Jávorszky Balázs" <balazs at gnifanip.info> a écrit:
> 
>> Hi Maintainers,
>>
>> Unfortunately, we have to use PHP in our production server but php84 is still stuck at 8.4.8.
>> FreeBSD upgraded it almost immediately (to 8.4.27, the patchlevel that fixes the infamous
>> vulnerability). Furthermore, as per below, the latest change in Avalon (already almost a year old)
>> has some inconsistencies in the dependencies graph.
>>
>> It looks like as if the development of DragonFlyBSD got stuck or at least the fervor that was
>> characteristic even a few years before is gone. I think DragonFly is a sane alternative to FreeBSD
>> and, in general, to most unix-like systems and it would be painful now to change it. Can we count
>> on it?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jávorszky Balázs



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