[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-        |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |
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Comment (by snoringdragon):

 > If by "standardization" you mean enforcing some written rules, I don't
 think it's needed. Deciding when to bump the minimum PHP and MySQL
 versions doesn't have to follow some (stifling) rules but is instead quite
 open. I've outlined above what has worked in the past and the decisions
 that were made about bumping minimum versions (as far as I remember).

 No, it's NOT open. What you have outlined above is one sided decision
 taken by single person - Matt (Automattic). It's not a community led
 decision, so please stop acting like it is one.
 Rules are needed to ensure things happen on time, be transparent and
 predictive.
 Wordpress lacks basic decision making process. Why? Because Matt aka
 Automattic doesn't want one so as to have full control on WordPress.
 So we need "rigid" rules for things to move ahead.

 > Can you imagine standing in front of 462,500 people and telling them
 "Sorry, may not be your fault but no more updates for you". Eventually
 most of these sites will (slowly) be moved to newer PHP versions, but not
 all.

 Yes, I can. It IS partially their fault for not upgrading. When will that
 your "eventually" come? Like after next 2 years?
 Also that number is not that big when you compare it to 37M (total users).

 > Imho to bump minimum versions and leave behind ~460k users the new
 version would have to bring some benefits for the remaining WP users. I
 don't see what benefits are there in bumping to PHP 7.0. Even bumping to
 7.2 may not be particularly beneficial accosting to jrf's comment above.

 @jrf has clearly mentioned that THERE are HUGE benefits to upgrading to
 7.2
 Since we can't upgrade directly to 7.2 because of some one sided outline,
 best possible first step is to bump to 7.0/7.1.

 Sorry but I feel that it is useless to discuss anything here.
 Like always, it's just going in circles.
 To be fair, with azaozz blocking, there is no chance that it will ever
 merge.

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