Re: suggested modifications to mirroring instructions

Ahhh. Good question. My personal preference is that people use the most recent version that is known to work ;-) I'd like to avoid making downwards compatibility changes to the code if they are significant, less clear or a pain in the backside. (does that leave any chance for making those changes? ;-) Short of trying it out, I have no idea how to get a definitive answer on compatibility either. Maybe there is some scope for a "PHP Compatibility Check" project (volunteers welcome ;) --Wez. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabor Hojtsy" <gabor@hojtsy.hu> To: "Wez Furlong" <wez@thebrainroom.com> Cc: <php-mirrors@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:55 PM Subject: Re: suggested modifications to mirroring instructions > > As far as I am aware, the PECL_4_3 branch of the sqlite module does not have > > any specific PHP version requirements, so it should also compile with 4.1.x, > > although this is untested. > > > > If it doesn't build out-of-the-box, it should be trivial to get it building. > > > > I don't have time to look into this right now (I go on vacation tomorrow!), > > so if someone else feels motivated, please do look at it. > > I was mostly conserned about the PHP code used in livedocs. I have seen > that you use highlight_string() for example with the return argument, > which was added to PHP in PHP 4.2.0 (as documented). I don't know of any > tool to check compatibility, we can only check it by putting PHP 4.1.0 > under livedocs. The question is if we find more such code pieces, should > we make livedocs be more downwards compatible, or should we increment > the required PHP version, as it brings some other significant value for > mirror sites? > > Goba