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

[Mathew Hodson]

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Title:
  [SRU] microrelease exception for src:php7.0

Status in php7.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.

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