Stuart Herbert | Gentoo

We have a new PHP overlay out, containing a number of bugfixes, and a slight change to the layout of .ini files - all thanks to andreask. .ini files for extensions now go in /etc/php/<sapi>-<php-version>/ext, making them easy to find, edit, or remove as required.

Although we plan on moving the overlay into Portage very soon, we’re not going to stop releasing new versions of the overlay. It’s a much safer place to make change than the Portage tree, and it makes it a lot easier for non-devs to make large contributions without having to become full-blown developers.

My original plan was to use Gentoo’s subversion repository, which at the moment is available only to Gentoo developers. However, with so many high-quality contributions coming from non-devs (I intend to recruit them, but that can’t happen overnight), I’ve decided to host the repository outside of Gentoo’s infrastructure, so that non-devs can actively participate.

You can follow the work on the PHP overlay from this Trac-powered website that I’m hosting. On the site, you’ll find hourly tarballs for download, a wiki containing our slowly-growing documentation, and a bug tracker for you to submit bug reports against the overlay. If you want to help with the documentation, pop into #gentoo-apache, and we’ll fix you up with the necessary permissions on the wiki.

And if anyone wants to skin trac to have a Gentoo look-and-feel to it, please send me through the templates when you’re done