#914512 php-apcu: Rename to php7.2-apcu?

Package:
php-apcu
Source:
php-apcu
Description:
APC User Cache for PHP
Submitter:
Daniel Lo Nigro
Date:
2018-11-25 00:09:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#914512#5
Date:
2018-11-24 07:58:03 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

Most of the other PHP packages are prefixed with the version number, for example "php7.2-gd", "php7.2-curl", etc. This allows multiple PHP versions to be installed side-by-side.

However, the APCU package is just called "php-apcu". Is there a reason for this difference? It means I'm unable to have PHP 7.1 and 7.2 installed side-by-side each with a packaged version of apcu, and instead need to build from source.
#914512#10
Date:
2018-11-25 00:05:19 UTC
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How are the versions determined? The issue I have at the moment is that the
version of *php-apcu* in buster (5.1.12+4.0.11-2) is not compatible with
the version of *php7.2-fpm* in buster. It looks like the current version of
php-apcu only supports the RC of PHP 7.3, not the current released version
of PHP (7.2). I had to compile php-apcu manually from source to get it
working properly, as installing php-apcu was trying to install PHP 7.3 too.