Hey Amanda, There's no policy that I'm aware of which prevents you from installing PHP 8 on a WMCS VM, providing you're careful with the source/licence [0] and potential effects on package upgrades — packages.sury.org/php [1] is my go-to DPA for PHP 8.
[0] — https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use#What_uses_of_Cloud_Services_do_we_not_like? [1] — https://packages.sury.org/php/README.txt Kind regards, *Sammy* *(They/Them)* User:TheresNoTime <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TheresNoTime> *This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email.* On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 23:32, AmandaNP Wikipedia <[email protected]> wrote: > I apologize if this discussion is already occurring in a task, I am > terrible at finding relevant phab tasks people haven't linked. > > But I assume that PHP 8 can not be loaded onto WM Cloud Servers by a > matter of policy, correct? > My concern here is, I have some code that just lost security patches due > to EOL. The next upgrade only supports PHP 8. > It has the ability to leave a huge gap in the security of my code. > Is there any plan to support PHP 8 any time soon? > > AmandaNP (she/her) > English Wikipedia CheckUser & Oversighter || Wikimedia Steward > UTRS & ACC Developer > > _______________________________________________ > Cloud mailing list -- [email protected] > List information: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/cloud.lists.wikimedia.org/ >
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