Re: MDB2 2.5.x and PHP 5.2?

Hi Till, On 09.09.2010 21:41, till wrote:

Notwithstanding the ongoing move to 5.3, I imagine that there are others like me who will have to use 5.2 for a while yet, and it would be a real shame if we can't use any future versions of MDB2 - or have to force PEAR installs.

+1 - Regardless, I also think this requires a new major version.

(Somewhat related - another major change in this version that may affect upgraders is a BC break for PHP4 compatibility and some derived classes - http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17858 )

I think such a bold move would require MDB2 3.0.0 - can anyone please comment? I know we all hate PHP4 and we all want people to move on PHP5.3 tomorrow, but let's keep it real and think for a sec. ;-)

It was somewhat discussed before when dealing with Log 1.12: http://pear.php.net/package/Log/download/1.12.0 The discussion: http://marc.info/?t=124938784000005&r=1&w=2 The general consensus is: raising PHP version dependency is not a BC break. Declaring factory() static may be a BC break, but we already "allowed" that to slip through for Log.