Re: [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL
| From: | Matthew Weier O'Phinney | Date: | Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:27:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL | ||
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On 2012-03-02, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> It should have been done before 5.4.0 was out, but better late than never.
>
> I put together four options here:
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php53eol
>
> I'm in favor of option #1, as it gives enough time to our users to
> migrate by reducing the maintenance period to only one year.
>
> Suggestions or comments welcome,
Considering that 5.3 adoption is still eclipsed by 5.2 adoption, to be
honest, it feels like doing 1 year bugfix + 1 year security fix is the
minimum necessary. By the time we get good adoption of 5.3, it will
already be EOL'd. :-/
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