Comment 3 for bug 240519

Thanks for your help Chuck.

I just can't believe that Ubuntu would be ok with leaving out documented and supported features of included software. This is the 5 year supported LTS version of the OS. Are you really saying that the php5 package will remain broken for 5 years?

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/aliases.php

That doc clearly says that the mssql_* functions are the aliases. How can you leave in the alias functions and remove the masters? I don't even understand how that's possible, much less desirable.

I've counted on Ubuntu packages for years, but if the directive is to now treat complete feature removal with so little care or oversight, then I'll have to look elsewhere for my server platforms.

Please tell me I'm wrong.