[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51043: PHP: bump minimum version requirements

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#51043: PHP: bump minimum version requirements
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 Reporter:  jrf              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jrf):

 Well, in my opinion, the issue is simpler:

 Do we want to prioritize the 20-30% of users who don't upgrade over the
 70%+ of users who do ?

 **With this change**, users who don't upgrade can still use WP, just not
 the latest features/latest release.
 They still get security patches and such, so they can continue as if
 nothing has changed.

 **Without this change**, users who *do* upgrade will not be able to use
 PHP 8.0 as it will cause site-wide outages and a galore of white screens
 of death, which we will not be able to properly solve and safeguard
 against without making this change.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51043#comment:17>
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