I suggest following the timing of a conservative Open Source distribution. Debian Stable is true to its name. It is very stable. I expect Debian Stable will support PHP 5 upon its next major release.<br><br>The current Debian Stable is the sarge release. It was released in June 2005.
<br><br>The previous Debian Stable was the woody release. It was released in July 2002. Support for it was dropped in June 2006 (one year after the release of sarge).<br><br>If timing stays the same then expect a new Stable release (etch) in June 2008 with support dropping for sarge in June 2009. 
<br><br>However, no release plans have been published by Debian at this time and exact dates will surely vary. But these dates may provide some guidance.<br><br>-- <br>Larry Cannell<br><a href="mailto:larry@cannell.org">larry@cannell.org
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