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Using Laminas Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration (CI) involves the frequent merging of code updates from developers into a shared codebase. This can be done as often as those updates are ready to be reviewed. Once the CI process is finalized, Continuous Delivery (CD) automatically deploys the code to the production environment. This flow streamlines the development process for faster and more reliable releases.
Current Maintenance Status of Laminas & Mezzio Packages
The Laminas Project has created a large number of packages to serve the needs of the PHP community. But what happens when you need to make sure that the package you want to use in your application is being actively maintained? Sure, you can check each package manually, but the most useful thing would be a full overview of this vital information.
Dotkernel API: a replacement for legacy Laminas API Tools
The Technical Steering Committee for the Laminas Project has decided to mark Laminas API Tools (formerly Apigility)
as security-only, indicating that no new features or enhancements will be developed and only security-related updates
will be provided going forward. This decision is made in light of the evolving landscape of web API development and the
desire to ensure that users have access to modern, fully supported tools.
Summary of the meeting in March 2024
On Monday, 4 March 2024, the Technical Steering Committee for the Laminas Project held its monthly meeting. The topics discussed included the visibility of maintenance decisions and the optional dependency of laminas-servicemanger in certain components.
Laminas and Mezzio Supports PHP 8.3
Version 8.3 of PHP was released on 23 November 2023, with nice improvements and new features such as typed class constants and the new function json_validate.
The support for version 8.3 was added to the components of Laminas and Mezzio.
Laminas Officially Joins the Linux Foundation
Today, the Linux Foundation formally announced that it now hosts the Laminas Project!
Our charter became effective on March 24, 2020.
This also means that you can now donate to the project via CommunityBridge. Our goal is to raise enough money initially to help fund somebody to work part-time on the project.
April 2020 Technical Steering Committee Meeting
On Monday, 6 April 2020, the Technical Steering Committee for the Laminas Project held its second monthly meeting. An agenda was crowd-sourced amongst the TSC members prior to the meeting, and the meeting was held in the Laminas Slack.
You can find the minutes in the TSC repository.
A brief summary of decisions follows.
Transferring Zend Framework to Laminas: A Retrospective.
Back in October 2018, Rogue Wave Software announced reorganization of its Zend portfolio, including Zend Framework. The Zend Framework community was understandably shaken, and many were concerned about the future of the framework. Six months later, in April of 2019, Rogue Wave announced they would be transferring the project to the Linux Foundation as the Laminas Project.
Inaugural Technical Steering Committee Meeting Held
On Monday, 2 March 2020, the Technical Steering Committee for the Laminas Project held its first monthly meeting. An agenda was crowd-sourced amongst the TSC members prior to the meeting, and the meeting was held in the Laminas Slack.