[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2 (was: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0)

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by samiamnot):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests => has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-
               opinion


Comment:

 I am trying to understand the way WP considers things. The calculations
 for the minimum supported PHP version currently completely ignore versions
 no longer supported (such as PHP < 5.6). If we remove PHP 5.6 support in
 WP 6.3, that immediately paves the way to remove PHP 7.0 and 7.1 in WP 6.4
 since those two versions already account for less than 5% (even currently
 and will certainly be lower down the road). By the time WP 6.5 is a few
 months from being ready, there is a good chance that PHP 7.2 that is now
 6.26% will be < 5%. That basically is guaranteeing the following
 timelines:
 * WP 6.3 will drop PHP 5.6
 * WP 6.4 will drop PHP 7.0 and 7.1
 * WP 6.5 will drop PHP 7.4

  I am happy enough to go this rout, but it is funny math to me.

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