Re: PHP 5.6 life cycle
| From: | Scott Arciszewski | Date: | Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:38:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 5.6 life cycle | ||
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On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Jan Ehrhardt <phpdev@ehrhardt.nl> wrote:
> Adam Howard in php.internals (Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:07:53 -0500):
> >8 months is fine. It is more than enough time for people to upgrade and
> >adapt.
>
> It ain't. If you have got large sites that are built with a framework that
> requires an older PHP-version you will have to (a) convince the site owner
> that an upgrade is absolutely necessary, (b) agree on the functional specs
> of the site after the upgrade, (c) agree on a price quote with the content
> owner, (d) get that quote accepted by the purchase department of the site
> owner. Each of these steps can easily take several months and then you are
> not even starting building.
> --
> Jan
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Where did this 8 months figure come from?
PHP 7.0.0 available -> 2015-12-03
Today -> 2015-12-06
PHP 5.6.x EOL'd -> 2017-08
That's more than 8 months.
Scott Arciszewski
Chief Development Officer
Paragon Initiative Enterprises <https://paragonie.com/>