[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov            |       Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  task (blessed)            |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by hlunter):

 Replying to [comment:76 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > Replying to [comment:75 samiamnot]:
 > > If they are mostly on old unsupported WordPress versions they may
 indicate unmaintained sites. Will this make a difference?
 >
 > If I remember the discussion in #51043 correctly, counting only recent
 WordPress versions may indeed show a higher percentage of newer PHP
 versions, but that won't make a difference, we need PHP < 7.2 to drop
 below 5% across all WordPress versions.


 I really don't get < 5% rule and I can't find any info on this. Why is
 this a criterion?

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