[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-        |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |
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Comment (by jdgrimes):

 Replying to [comment:51 Ipstenu]:
 > Does WP have the right to enforce PHP 5.3+ when none of its code
 actually requires it?

 Of course they do! However, we'd all much prefer to sacrifice a little on
 our end so that the process is much easier for everyone.

 > Do you actually think that WP dropping php 5.2 support will have the
 power to speed up the existing process by hosts to drop it?
 >
 > That just makes it a bully.

 I don't know, but honestly, that isn't really the point of this ticket. I
 know it has been discussed above, but partly it is just a distraction.
 What we're asking for is some insight into a clear and concise strategy
 for bumping the PHP version. I think that WordPress needs to put it's
 philosophy on this in writing, both so that the community knows what is
 going on, and so that next time we and our posterity will have that
 established philosophy to guide them.

 [None of that is meant to be snarky. Please don't take it that way :-)]

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