[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:  jorbin
     Type:  enhancement                           |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:
Component:  General                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 I think that what we need to do here is not solve this for the short term,
 but come up with a long-term policy for versions of PHP that we support.
 This will help prevent this discussion from constantly coming up.  While
 it is about php 5.2 right now, it was about php 4 before and one day it's
 going to be about the entire php 5 release branch. In a far off world,
 it's going to be about PHP 7.  Let's fix it all now.

 Two important things to keep in mind:

 1) If we update too early, we leave users running both an insecure version
 of PHP and an insecure version of WordPress.  That's a lot of surface area
 for attacks.

 2) Most people who run a WordPress site don't know what PHP is, let alone
 what version they are running.  Telling many of them they need to update
 PHP is roughly equivilant to telling a whale to walk on land.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33381#comment:71>
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