Re: com web/php: Mentioned that code must work with PHP 5.3: README.md

> On Dec 22, 2017, at 7:21 AM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Philip Olson <philip@php.net> wrote: >> Commit: 9eb060965d4bbd1ca401f0adace36c0616b96b3e >> Author: Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:21:55 -0800 >> Parents: 86580c9a4be551588ae77de1e51a81c247bfebca >> Branches: master >> >> Link: >> http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commitdiff;h=9eb060965d4bbd1ca401f0adace36c0616b96b3e >> >> Log: >> Mentioned that code must work with PHP 5.3 >> >> Changed paths: >> M README.md >> >> >> Diff: >> diff --git a/README.md b/README.md >> index add3938..113c89a 100644 >> --- a/README.md >> +++ b/README.md >> @@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ operation of this website, such as >> >> To install a full official mirror please see [the mirroring >> guidelines](http://php.net/mirroring). >> >> +## Code requirements >> >> +Code must function on a vanilla PHP 5.3 installation as some php.net mirrors still run PHP >> 5.3. >> +Please keep this in mind before filing a pull request. > > I'd propose we move all infrastructure to version 5.5 or newer - with > PHP 5.5 and 7.0 being allowed only if the distribution they run is > supporting it - within the next few months. This is not just a "let's > modernize!" push; I suspect these out-of-date versions of PHP are not > being updated with security patches. For instance > 5.3.10 is used by a few mirrors but I'm not aware of any OS's > maintaining that version. Hi Levi, That sounds good although I'm an old timer that's not around much these days but the php.net infrastructure feels fragile on several levels. As for your proposed and fully understandable requirement, that'd immediately eliminate about half of the mirrors. Worse yet, master.php.net itself is running 5.4.11-dev which must be a security risk. That said, I also think it'd be worth requiring 5.5 or newer. Or maybe finding a single company to sponsor/manage/host _all_ of this is another option? Regards, Philip