[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46149: PHPUnit 8.x support

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#46149: PHPUnit 8.x support
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                       |       Owner:  netweb
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  high                                 |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  Build/Test Tools                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests early php8  |     Focuses:
  needs-dev-note                                 |
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * milestone:  5.6 => Future Release


Comment:

 PHPUnit 8.x/9.x support would be great to have, but is complicated if we
 also have to support PHP 5.6 and 7.0 at the same time.

 Currently, we have the tests running on PHP 8 with PHPUnit 7.5.x, as
 result of the changes in #50902, specifically [48957] and [49037]. It's
 not pretty, but does the job for now. So I think the best way forward at
 the moment would be to continue with PHPUnit 7.5.x, as that already works.

 Since core no longer requires PHPUnit 9.x support for PHP 8 testing, I'm
 moving this to a Future Release to be explored separately. Once the
 minimum required PHP version is bumped to 7.1 or later, this should be
 easier to address.

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