Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0

From	noel <deletethis@invalid.lan>
Subject	Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0
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On Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:34:35 +0000, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:

> 
> Yes, curl in Slackware 15.0 has been updated from version 7.81.0 to
> 8.16.0, but did any of those versions break any backwards compatibility?

since not even the slackware team would be aware of the real answer here 
who knows, as curl is not an everyday tool for everyone
> 
> Another odd example is samba which have rather short life cycles. In
> Slackware 15.0 samba 4.15.13 was put into /pasture when non backwards
> compatible 4.18.5 got into /patches.
>

lets be clear, only fringe cases are not backward compatible, my smb.conf 
han';t changed in many years.
 
> These are a few examples of backwards compatibility breaking
> applications that we are aware of. However, there are also backwards
> compatibility breaking security updates that are not so obvious. For
> example, in Slackware 14.2 the last security update of firefox was
> version 68.12.0 in august 2020.

14.2 was made EOL by the Pat and his slackware team in January 2024, 

a lot of the "breakages" I read on LQ are PEBKAC, or fringe use cases so 
never given high priority.

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php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Tom Crane <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> - 2025-12-29 20:27 +0000
  Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-12-30 10:46 +1000
    Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2025-12-30 06:31 +0000
      Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-01-01 22:47 +1000
        Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-01-02 06:34 +0000
          Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-01-02 17:31 +1000
            Re: php-7.4.33-x86_64-3_slack15.0 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2026-01-04 12:16 +0000

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