Re: RIP PHP 4?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: > On 7/10/07, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote: > > > > > On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: a) We > > > > > make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year > > > > > we plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security > > > > > fixes. b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 > > > > > (because it sounds good and gives people about a year). > > > > > > > > The attached patch mentions the above. As you can see, the idea > > > > is to release this on the 13th, 3 years after php 5 was released > > > > for this first time. > > > > > > First thanks for the patch! > > > > I changed the first two paragraphs to: > > > > <p> > > Today it is exactly three years ago since PHP 5 has been released. In > > those three years it has seen many improvements over PHP 4. PHP 5 is > > fast, stable &amp; production-ready and as PHP 6 is on the way, PHP 4 > > will be discontinued. > > </p> > > <p> > > Hereby the PHP development team announces that support for PHP 4 will > > continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will > > be no more releases of PHP 4.4. In case security issues might arise after > > this date, we will consider making security-only releases up to 2008-08-08. > > Please use the rest of this year to make your application suitable to > > run on PHP 5. > > </p> > > > > I think that reads better. > > It is perfect, well done :) Almost, I want to change the 2nd paragraph to: Hereby the PHP development team announces that support for PHP 4 will continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical security fixes available on a case-by-case basis until 2008-08-08. Please use the rest of this year to make your application suitable to run on PHP 5. regards, Derick