[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:
  opinion                                        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jdgrimes):

 Replying to [comment:111 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?).

 Well, just about everything possible has probably already been proposed in
 very general terms. The reason why it keeps going in circles is that
 nothing that is suggested seems to gain any traction with core devs.

 > "Just do it" isn't a process and that level of hostility towards
 millions of users isn't something I'm comfortable with.

 I'm not sure anyone has really suggested that, and I think everybody
 applauds the fact that WordPress is putting users first. If it comes
 across otherwise, apologies.

 > 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.

 I 100% agree. I would point out though that this is a 180° turn-around
 from the previous stance, which seemed to be that users should never have
 to know anything about this technology. So I absolutely agree that we
 should revisit the admin notice idea with good docs for all of this in
 place. Here are [http://wordpoints.org/user-guide/php-compatibility/ some
 user docs regarding PHP] that I recently wrote up for a plugin, in
 preparation for potentially upping the PHP version in the future. It is
 partly based on [https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-
 started/buddypress-2-8-will-require-php-5-3/ BuddyPress's docs].

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