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This document is intended to apply to four specific groups of packages in Debian GNU/Linux.
PHP interpreters (such as php3, php4, and php5).
Scripts and applications written in PHP.
Software API's/libraries written in PHP.
PHP extension modules (such as php4-mysql).
This policy manual has been written by the members of the Debian Webapps Team:
Alexis Sukrieh
Pascal Hakim
Neil McGovern
Sean Finney
While the authors of this document have tried hard to avoid typos and other
errors, these do still occur. If you discover an error in this manual or if
you want to give any comments, suggestions, or criticisms please send an email
to the Debian Webapps List, debian-webapps@lists.debian.org,
or submit a bug report against the webapps-common package.
PHP is often one of many components that constitute a "PHP application" found in a typical debian package. There are many inter-related issues in such packages that fall outside the scope of this document. There do exist other documents which provide requirements and/or best practices for such situations:
Web Application
Policy for covering issues specific to applications which take part
in a web-based interface.
Database
Application Policy for covering issues relating to interaction with
database servers and management of application databases.
The major, or possibly major and minor version of a PHP engine packaged for debian.
XXX what exactly? apache vs cli vs cgi...
An identifying name for a precompiled PHP module.
An identifying name for a prepackaged PEAR library, with the following modifications to the upstream name to comply with debian policy:
all uppercase letters are lowercased
all underscores are replaced by dashes
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PHP Policy Draft
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