The first release candidates of 5.3.7 was just released for testing and can be downloaded here: http://downloads.php.net/johannes/php-5.3.7RC1.tar.bz2 (md5sum: 295a457505049cc75d723560715be5d6) http://downloads.php.net/johannes/php-5.3.7RC1.tar.gz (md5sum: 4fd555292ea0a1bc3acd1d3ad4c98c27) The Windows binaries are available at: http://windows.php.net/qa/ This is the first step in the release process of this versions and the goal is to have an additional RC within two weeks. PHP 5.3.7 is focused on improving the stability and security. To ensure that the release is solid, please test this RC against your code base and report any problems that you encounter. To find out what was changed since the last release please refer to the NEWS file found within the archive or on http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/tags/php_5_3_4RC1/NEWS?revision=HEAD&view=markup PLEASE NOTE: The PHP Bug tracker is currently not available. In case you find a critical issue don't hesitate to send me a note. If the issue can't wait till bugs.php.net is operational again you can also inform <mailto:internals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. In case your report is security related please contact <mailto:security@xxxxxxx>. Windows users please mind that we don't provide VS6 builds anymore since PHP 5.3.6. When using the openssl extension please mind a known regression which might lead to a performance degression. This regression will be fixed with RC2 and the final release. Johannes SchlÃter PHP 5.3 Release Master -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php