[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4009: Manage supported/recommended PHP versions in a central location

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#4009: Manage supported/recommended PHP versions in a central location
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 Reporter:  flixos90                             |       Owner:  flixos90
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:
Component:  General                              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion servehappy has-patch     |
  dev-feedback                                   |
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Comment (by dd32):

 Yeah, let's not do that.

 We can instead make the raw data which `serve-happy` uses available
 elsewhere on dotorg through either a global function or constants, similar
 to `WP_CORE_LATEST_RELEASE` or `wporg_get_versions()` which you may have
 run across in some templates.

 It'll probably mean removing the constants from
 https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/api.wordpress.org/public_html/core
 /serve-happy/1.0/config.php and instead replacing it with something like
 the following:

 {{{
 function wporg_get_recommended_php_version() {
         return [
                 // The latest branch of PHP which WordPress.org
 recommends.
                 'recommended' => '7.2',

                 // The lowest branch of PHP which is actively supported.
                 'supported'   => '7.0',

                 // The lowest branch of PHP which is receiving security
 updates.
                 'secure'      => '5.6',

                 // The lowest branch of PHP which is still considered
 acceptable in WordPress.
                 'acceptable'  => '5.3'
         ];
 }
 }}}

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