[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4708: Requirements page is unclear about acceptable versions.

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#4708: Requirements page is unclear about acceptable versions.
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 Reporter:  leonaves1                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:
Component:  General                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback close  |
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Comment (by leonaves1):

 Yes that is my suggestion, because the warning is shown to end-users,
 while the maintainer of the systems may be administrators, or businesses
 of whom the end-users are clients. The fact that you don't fully drop
 support for 5.6.* implies to me that you have a pragmatic view about these
 things. As a developer myself I agree that versions should be kept as up
 to date as possible but this isn't always in control of the developer who
 might be looking for the information. If I don't have information on what
 the gap between the version that "will run" and the version that will show
 our client a warning, the existing information might cause me to estimate
 a job is smaller than it is, where if I knew upgrading further would
 remove the warning I would happily tell my manager that and it would take
 less time overall.

 I may have explained this more coherently on slack, so here is the
 original conversation for reference:
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1567269467407400

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