[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:  Awaiting
Component:  General                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-        |  Resolution:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 I'm really not sure what many of the comments here are about, but they
 don't seem to be about coming up with a strategy for upgrading the minimum
 version of PHP. They aren't suggesting concrete plans for when the minimum
 version increases process should be triggered( Is it when we hit 1% of all
 sites?  0.5% of the last two major versions? something else?) or what that
 process should look like ( Is it a 2-year process, a 4 major release
 process, or something different? What are the steps of the process?).
 "Just do it" isn't a process and that level of hostility towards millions
 of users isn't something I'm comfortable with.

 One thing that I think predates implementing any sort of process is coming
 up with some user level educational materials about 1) What PHP (and for
 that matter, MySQL and other server technologies) are 2) Why new versions
 are important and 3) How to go about upgrading. I would love to see
 someone step up and own the creation of that matterial.

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