[Bug 1569609] [NEW] [SRU] microrelease exception for src:php7.0

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PHP 7.0 has only recent released and a number of critical security and
bug-fixes are present in each 7.0.x. Rather than backporting individual
patches (e.g., Bug # 1569509), I believe it makes significantly more
sense to follow the upstream 7.0.x. Upstream PHP is demonstrating an
improved approach of bugfixes only in 7.0.x:

 - 7.0.5: http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
 - 7.0.6-RC1: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=8746e6877d394d37b9639952b1f00c076e6fd5d1;hb=de3cc93543089a9e131b3845bc3349b4734bc526

The upstream CI is at: https://travis-ci.org/php/php-src and is run
regularly.

Our php7.0 source package has autopkgtests for the 4 SAPIs, mod-php,
cgi, fpm and cli. We do not currently run the source tests during the
build itself, as it significantly lengthens the test time. It also
requires external configuration of a MySQL server. We could extend our
build to run tests, though, if that is deemed necessary (following,
e.g.: https://travis-ci.org/php/php-src/jobs/122646388).

I do not believe there is a firm statement from upstream on API/ABI
stability, but the general approach seems to be a BC-break would result
in 7.1.0.

** Affects: php7.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[SRU] microrelease exception for src:php7.0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569609
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