[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.

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#33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.
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 Reporter:  alexander.rohmann  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by alexander.rohmann):

 The whole point of picking a date is to incentivize people to update. The
 12.5% of installs would only break if people decided to update WordPress.

 If not an exact date, it could be tied to a major release. This would
 easily be solved by:

 1. Announcing (tomorrow/soon) that WP 4.5 will only support active PHP.
 2. Diverting Automatic updates to the 4.4.X branch for security fixes only
 if EOL PHP is detected.

 Then a hard date perhaps 2-3 years out could be set for the
 discontinuation of those security updates.

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