[MacPorts] #71999: Release stable version of PHP 8.4 and add some missing extensions for it

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#71999: Release stable version of PHP 8.4 and add some missing extensions for it
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  Reporter:  hostep  |      Owner:  ryandesign
      Type:  update  |     Status:  accepted
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Port:  php84   |
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Comment (by miken32):

 Ok I'm going to be that guy: this sucks.

 We're 4 months from the release of PHP 8.5, with zero sign of progress
 towards an 8.4 release. Even the 8.3 point release is more than 6 months
 old. I'm now in the process of moving my local testing to a Linux VM as
 we're preparing for updates to our codebase to support 8.4.

 Bjarne Mathiesen [https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28140
 posted a PR] including a PHP 8.4 update which was dismissed out of hand. A
 rejection of the PR would not have been unreasonable, as it had way too
 many changes. Instead it got a snarky comment and then silence. If there's
 someone with the skills and willingness to help, and the maintainers are
 unable to do the work themselves, engaging with that user would be a more
 productive approach.

 It goes without saying that Ryan's long history of work on the PHP ports
 is appreciated. But those past efforts create the not unreasonable
 expectation by users that the port will be consistently maintained going
 forward. If that is not going to be the case, even temporarily, it should
 be communicated clearly to users, and alternate arrangements made.

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