Re: Proposal of removing PHP4 references from the manual

On 13/07/2014 12:38, Maciej Sobaczewski wrote:

I think we all agree that versioned manual would be great for users but impossible to maintain for us.

Actually, I really like (as a user) the PHP approach of versionless manual with clear change information. The other manual I frequently consult is PostgreSQL, which forks the manual for every release, meaning that either I look at an "old" manual and don't find out about tricks I could use on newer versions, or I look at a "new" manual, and don't realise I'm writing code with a strong version requirement. That said, it does seem like PHP 4 could be considered "historical" now, and the majority of references to it are no longer useful on a day-to-day basis (although there may be a few special cases where explaining the historical behaviour helps people to understand why things are the way they are). Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]