ANN: PHP OpenID 2.0.0-rc1

[Jonathan Daugherty]

# > I'm pleased to release an implementation of OpenID 2.0 for PHP.
# > PHP OpenID 2.0.0-rc1 implements revision 294 of the OpenID 2
# > specification.  I'd very much like it if you can give it a try.
# > With only a few changes to your application, you should be able to
# > upgrade from version 1.2.2.  Otherwise, the library transparently
# > supports OpenID 1 and OpenID 2 relying parties and servers.
# 
# This sounds great. Question about end-of-life for the PHP OpenID 1.x
# line, though. How long will bug and security fixes be supported on
# that older branch?

We're happy to maintain security fixes in the 1.x.x library branch,
but we don't have the engineering resources to backport bugfixes.  The
OpenID 2 branch, while not yet stable, already includes some bugfixes
that do not exist in the 1.x.x branch.  However, we're more than happy
to accept, review, and commit patches to the 1.x.x library to fix
bugs, and we're happy to cut releases accordingly.  Hope that helps.

Do you mind if I forward this to the list?  This is something people
will be interested to know.

Thanks,

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  Jonathan Daugherty
  JanRain, Inc.
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