I think it's a great idea about docker, although a separated project. The wiki says minimum php is 5.3 but that page is from 2013 and would be really great to not depend on the mirrors php version, although we can write beautiful php even in php 4 (never did prior to 4)
On 19 July 2017 at 19:50, Sara Golemon <poll...@php.net> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Niklas Keller <m...@kelunik.com> wrote: > > We should really change that and fully move to HTTPS. > > > I was actually just thinking how lovely it would be to re-architect > the mirroring process to use docker images. > > Benefits: > * Usual consistent/predictable deployment arguments... > * Full control of the webserver and PHP version (and extensions) used > on mirrors. > * Use docker hub as the distribution channel. (https out of the box) > * Extra level of isolation for site hosts (web-php isn't alone on its > hosts AIUI) > * Apparently we could even add container image signing. > > That's sort of an orthogonal project to rewriting the site code, but > it's arguably a simpler task to undertake. > > -Sara >
