[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3791: Consider bumping pre-commit checker on plugins to PHP 7.X (was: Consider bumping pre-commit checker on plugins to PHP 7.1)

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#3791: Consider bumping pre-commit checker on plugins to PHP 7.X
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Changes (by uglyrobot):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 In my case the linter is preventing **forward compatibility** with PHP8 in
 my plugin trying to use the latest AWS SDK via Composer.
 {{{
 PHP error in: infinite-uploads/tags/1.0/vendor/symfony/polyfill-
 mbstring/bootstrap80.php:
 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '|', expecting variable (T_VARIABLE)
 in Standard input code on line 15
 }}}

 The bootstrap80.php file is only included by this lib in PHP8+ and has
 PHP8 only syntax, so it's not a backwards compatibility issue (plugin and
 composer library works all the way back to 5.5) but a forward
 compatibility issue. As you can see this is within a composer dependency
 so I don't really have much control over it. I want my plugin to work in
 PHP8+. For now i've been forced downgrade that package but that's a
 security issue potentially running older code.

 We really do need to find a better way to lint code or a way to bypass it.
 Right now it's discouraging forward compatibility, not just forcing
 backward compatibility!

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