[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #835: Update text for letter to Host with better text

[Making WordPress.org]

#835: Update text for letter to Host with better text
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Reporter:  sc0ttkclark   |      Owner:
    Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal        |  Component:  General
Keywords:  dev-feedback  |
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 It's admitted by just about everyone, hosts are the problem to combatting
 outdated and insecure versions of PHP / etc. So it's probably long past
 time for us to update the letter we recommend folks send to their host (or
 potential new host).

 https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/

 The text reads:

 Ask for it
 Here’s a letter you can send to your host; copy and paste!


 {{{
 I'm interested in running the open-source WordPress
 <http://wordpress.org/> blogging software and I was wondering if my
 account supported the following:

 PHP 5.2.4 or greater
 MySQL 5.0 or greater
 The mod_rewrite Apache module
 Thanks!
 }}}

 If they are contacting their host, we should be having them talking about
 more recent non-EOL versions than this. Some additional wording that
 5.2.4+ etc could then still be there.

 Any ideas on how to improve this, and get people asking their hosts about
 more recent versions than this? To put this into perspective for folks
 from the US, the current letter essentially asks a host if they have any
 servers (or server images) that haven't been updated since Bush was in
 office in 2007.

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