Re: Re: [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL
| From: | Bostjan Skufca | Date: | Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:41:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] discussions, about a 5.3 EOL | ||
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On 5 March 2012 17:20, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi Matthew,
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> <weierophinney@php.net> wrote:
>
> > 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. :-/
>
> Please consider the high level (to do not say almost 100%) of
> compatibility of PHP 5.4 with 5.3. This is a much lower jump than from
> 5.2 to 5.3. The same will apply to 5.4+1.
>
This has to be stressed time and again, in order to start changing current
perception that upgrading to newer PHP release is a major PITA.
b.