Brion Vibber wrote: I'd like to upgrade to PHP 4.4.0 compiled with gcc 4.0.1. We tried compiling PHP with the Intel C compiler a while ago, and although it was faster, the compilation procedure was complex, and it lacked that free software purity, so we didn't stick with it. But now that gcc has many of the same optimisations (loop unrolling, autovectorization, etc.), the speed improvement over gcc 3.x might be comparable. It would be interesting to do some benchmarks. -- Tim Starling

Brion Vibber wrote: If I understand the release notes correctly, PHP 4.4.0 gives notices whereas PHP 4.3.11 just silently corrupted the heap. So it's not necessary to fix all the new notices before we upgrade. Rather, we should upgrade PHP ASAP and encourage MediaWiki users (especially users of old MW versions) to do the same. -- Tim Starling