[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60096: Remove back-compat for database servers that don't support utf8mb4

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#60096: Remove back-compat for database servers that don't support utf8mb4
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 Reporter:  johnbillion     |      Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  task (blessed)  |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  6.5
Component:  Database        |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                  |
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 Since [57173] the minimum supported version of MySQL is 5.5.5, which means
 the utf8mb4 charset is supported by all supported database servers. The
 back-compat code for handling servers that don't support it can therefore
 be removed, along with related tests and health checks.

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