PHP 4 *end of life* is announced for August, 8 2008 (this mean in a few
months). Having it masked is a good point. Soon, it will become a
security issue more than it is by now. Upgrading is the right way, even
if it's not an easy and pleasant task if scripts are not PHP 5 compatible...

Spread the news ;) (You can check it on php.net)

Petteri Räty a écrit :
> A. Khattri kirjoitti:
>>
>> How ironic: Gentoo masks PHP4 because of a bunch of bugs and force a
>> lot of people to upgrade to PHP5. Then the PHP devs bring out bug
>> fixes for PHP4. So if we had waited we wouldn't have gone through the
>> pain of upgrading servers to PHP5...
>>
>>
> 
> So you would prefer to stay with PHP4 indefinitely? Old versions are
> also a maintenance burden to devs.
> 
> Regards,
> Petteri
> 
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