Major Updates

• [feat] Add shared extension build support
• [feat] Add extension support: brotli, memcached(linux),xz,xlswriter(windows),spx(zts build),lz4
• [feat] Add extension feature: http/3 support to curl
• [feat] Add craft.yml and bin/spc craft build command
• [bugfix] Fix extension and library build bugs:
  • Fix postgresql macOS 15.4 build bug
  • Fix attr and libacl build bug
  • Fix xlswriter for Windows build bug
  • Fix xslt for unix build bug

Framework major updates:

• Refactor all unix build shell, use Executor instead
• Add alt download for Downloader

What's Changed (PR)

• Allow CI build to be called by other worklows by @yoramdelangen in #698
• Fix postgresql macOS 15.4 build bug by @crazywhalecc in #705
• rename SPC_RETRY_TIME to SPC_DOWNLOAD_RETRIES to clear up what it's doing sleep 5 seconds between retries by @henderkes in #707
• Add alt download for Downloader by @crazywhalecc in #706
• Fix pack lib command with wrong compression by @crazywhalecc in #710
• Fix ghrel download link, use API directly by @crazywhalecc in #711
• Add xlswriter extension windows support by @crazywhalecc in #712
• fix attr and acl build without autogen.sh (if we don't download from git by @henderkes in #718
• Fix windows xlswriter duplicate md5 symbol bug by @crazywhalecc in #719
• Fix/xslt by @henderkes in #723
• Add build from config support (craft command) by @crazywhalecc in #713
• Fix GHA token missing bug by @crazywhalecc in #731
• update ext-spx (support zts builds) by @henderkes in #721
• Fix CraftCommand ignoring build-options during build by @vworldat in #733
• force curl to respect SSL_CERT_FILE by @henderkes in #739
• force minimum version 3.5 for cmake policies in freetype by @henderkes in #741
• add lz4 extension by @henderkes in #745
• -release (soname) compilation support for linux shared embed by @henderkes in #746
• Feature: add http/3 support to curl. by @henderkes in #743
• fix ngtcp2 with openssl on glibc <= 2.17 by @henderkes in #747
• simplify makeAutoConfArgs, fix macOS differences by @henderkes in #748
• Feat: UnixCMakeExecutor by @crazywhalecc in #750
• Trigger tests by @crazywhalecc in #752
• Extract default build env to unix shell by @crazywhalecc in #751
• Use tar gzip for windows by @crazywhalecc in #753
• Feat/autoconf executor by @crazywhalecc in #754
• Fix PIC errors when building libphp.so | extensive extension building rework by @henderkes in #726
• Better exception by @lyrixx in #760
• update documentation for glibc by @henderkes in #763
• Update version to 2.6.0 by @crazywhalecc in #762

New Contributors

• @vworldat made their first contribution in #733
• @lyrixx made their first contribution in #760

Full Changelog: 2.5.2...2.6.0

What's Changed

• Add pgsql extension for Windows <#664> by @yoramdelangen in #665
• Downloader enhancement by @crazywhalecc in #685
• Dynamic extension build support for macOS and glibc Linux by @crazywhalecc in #677
• Remove openmp support for imagemagick by @crazywhalecc in #681
• Add extract source only mode for SourceManager by @crazywhalecc in #689
• mimalloc v2.2.3 is bugged on musl by @DubbleClick in #692
• don't set EXTENSION_DIR by default by @DubbleClick in #696
• explicitly state libheif -> --with-heic by @DubbleClick in #693
• Add more PHPUnit tests by @crazywhalecc in #700
• add xdebug dynamic extension by @DubbleClick in #673
• add mirror sources to savannah downloads by @DubbleClick in #701
• better matching pattern just in case we forget x) by @DubbleClick in #694
• Add extension ev support by @crazywhalecc in #703

Full Changelog: 2.5.1...2.5.2

What's Changed

• Fix windows curl build >= 8.3 by @crazywhalecc in #660
• fix typo in gettext by @DubbleClick in #670
• fix phpize using wrong paths by @DubbleClick in #671
• Add mimalloc support for macOS and Linux by @DubbleClick in #663
• Fix windows ssl bug for curl by @crazywhalecc in #674
• Fix windows micro logo changer bug (illegal realpath) by @crazywhalecc in #675
• enable PDO_ODBC and ODBC extension statically by @yoramdelangen in #661

New Contributors

• @yoramdelangen made their first contribution in #661

Full Changelog: 2.5.0...2.5.1

Major Updates on 2.5.0

• 🆕 Add glibc based linux static binary build support
• 🆕 Add extension dumper command (bin/spc dump-extensions)
• ⚠️ Switch static-php-cli to support PHP 8.4 only (for spc project itself)
• ⚠️ Remove --libc and SPC_NO_MUSL_PATH option for glibc builds

What's Changed

• Ignore any ini files when sanity check by @crazywhalecc in #609
• Add command to dump required PHP extensions based on vendor/composer/… by @CyberLine in #599
• Switch static-php-cli to support PHP 8.3 and 8.4 only by @crazywhalecc in #615
• fix SPC_NO_MUSL_PATH not working in .env.ini by @DubbleClick in #612
• Remove deprecated args for PHP 8.4 by @crazywhalecc in #616
• Add php and lib-base as special libraries to add dependencies to the root node by @crazywhalecc in #618
• update php default to 8.4 by @DubbleClick in #621
• [feat] Add gnu based static binary support by @crazywhalecc in #592
• bring back pr for libacl by @DubbleClick in #622
• Update musl-wrapper version to 1.2.5 and apply CVE patch by @crazywhalecc in #627
• Update docs for FFI and dynamic loading extensions by @crazywhalecc in #629
• fix embed SAPI php-config prefix by @DubbleClick in #628
• Fix gmssl and openssl duplicate symbol by @crazywhalecc in #632
• Update automake on gnu docker to fix attr build bug by @crazywhalecc in #636
• don't require libacl and attr - use --with-libs='libacl' if you build… by @DubbleClick in #635
• Fix imagick patch newer than 30800 by @crazywhalecc in #641
• Fix gettext on locale bug by @crazywhalecc in #634
• fix libxslt license file path by @DubbleClick in #646
• Remove SPC_NO_MUSL_PATH, remove --libc, use SPC_LIBC instead by @crazywhalecc in #642
• Fix libavif build on VS2019 syntax error by @crazywhalecc in #649
• Fix windows setup-runtime php download link by @crazywhalecc in #650
• Add conflict message when building protobuf and grpc by @crazywhalecc in #653
• Add sodium extension support for Windows by @crazywhalecc in #651
• Add missing ext source when downloading pre-built grpc by @crazywhalecc in #652
• fix freetype lib build by @DubbleClick in #654
• Build freetype using CMake instead by @crazywhalecc in #658
• Fix/ffi env by @DubbleClick in #657

Full Changelog: 2.4.5...2.5.0

What's Changed

• Add extension dio support by @crazywhalecc in #590
• add opentelemetry extension support by @CyberLine in #593
• Fix windows curl build (using cmake) by @crazywhalecc in #600
• Fix gettext multithread segment fault bug by @crazywhalecc in #603
• Report why the sanity check for the cli target failed by @mainframe98 in #605

New Contributors

• @CyberLine made their first contribution in #593
• @mainframe98 made their first contribution in #605

Full Changelog: 2.4.4...2.4.5

What's Changed

• Support AST extension by @Halleck45 in #583
• Add legacy CentOS distro support by @crazywhalecc in #585
• Fix libtiff dependencies, avoid using system libraries by @crazywhalecc in #588

New Contributors

• @Halleck45 made their first contribution in #583

Full Changelog: 2.4.3...2.4.4

What's Changed

• Update SQLite to 3.45 by @phenaproxima in #574
• Add libaom, libde265, libheif support, for imagick AVIF format support by @crazywhalecc in #575
• Add aom patch for alpine linux by @crazywhalecc in #579
• Fix openssl missing cert bug for Linux & macOS by @crazywhalecc in #581

New Contributors

• @phenaproxima made their first contribution in #574

Full Changelog: 2.4.2...2.4.3

What's Changed

• Added optional zlib and disabled two extension by @daddeffe in #545
• Fix pgsql missing symbol again by @crazywhalecc in #572
• Add embed sanity check and spc-config command by @crazywhalecc in #573
• Add extension rdkafka support by @crazywhalecc in #256

New Contributors

• @daddeffe made their first contribution in #545

Full Changelog: 2.4.1...2.4.2

What's Changed

• Add missing step to docs by @simonhamp in #561
• Fix pgsql with PHP 8.4 embed missing libs bug & fix grpc with openssl bug by @crazywhalecc in #568
• Fix pgsql linux builds with PHP 8.4 by @crazywhalecc in #570
• Fix parallel config.m4 empty PHP_VERSION bug by @crazywhalecc in #569

Full Changelog: 2.4.0...2.4.1

PHP 8.4 is Coming

Here are the updates to support PHP 8.4:

• Fix #547
• Fix imap library build in macOS Sequoia
• Fix display PHP version when using archive
• Fix phpmicro patches for php84
• Deprecate PHP 8.0, fixes #552
• Change swoole source to git master instead of pecl (6.0 has not been released)
• Change default download php version to 8.3
• Fix sodium build, remove build patches
• Fix imagick build for PHP 8.4 (Imagick/imagick#690 has not been merged yet)
• Remove --with-zlib-dir that has been removed in 8.4
• Add similar compilation flags as the Docker images, fixes #515

What's Changed

• feat: improve downloader retry by @yinheli in #558
• Add grpc support for macOS and Linux by @crazywhalecc in #559
• Add PHP 8.4 support (testing) by @crazywhalecc in #556

New Contributors

• @yinheli made their first contribution in #558

Full Changelog: 2.3.6...2.4.0