[wp-hackers] PHP5 and WP Development

[Tor Bjornrud]

Quick question...

Any policy on when, if at all, php5 dependent code will be allowed into 
the WordPress codebase?
I presume that it wouldn't be an option for at least a year or two. If 
it is in the crystal ball, even very far away, are there plans to 
maintain two separate forks to keep php4 users happy?

I only ask, because I'm curious if devs are excited about the php5 oo 
support, and mysqli extensions that might go a long way to clean and 
speed things up with WordPress.  I'd love to see wordpress be new and 
shiny with the new php5 structures, but don't know if we have the 
resources/drive to maintain two versions for a while.  Just curious as 
to how everyone else felt.

Best,
~Tor