Ok. I'll remove all the PHP 4 references.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:24 PM
> To: Philip Olson
> Cc: Ruslan Yakushev; PHP Documentation ML
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] The PHP 4 content in the
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 23:27, Philip Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Ruslan Yakushev wrote:
> >
> >> I am updating the content in the "windows manual installation steps"
> page
> >> (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php) which is a
> >> pre-requisite article for the most of the other web server specific
> >> articles. I wanted to check about the php 4 related content - is it
> still
> >> necessary to keep all PHP 4 related instructions and content on that
> page?
> >
> > No, a simple PHP 4 specific note should be fine but detail isn't
> necessary.
> > People installing PHP 4 may use the included install.txt file.
>
> We shouldn't be saying anything at all on how to install PHP 4.
> At the very very most a note saying "For PHP 4 installation
> instructions see web.archive.org or the bundled INSTALL file".
> Keep in mind that we do not have versioned manual, so we shouldn't be
> talking about how things are now, or in the future, not in the past!
> We use changelogs for changed behavior, but if you need to _install_
> legacy app that hasn't been supported for a long time then you are on
> your own solider.
>
> The only reason (I assume) the references to PHP 4 are still there are
> because current doc contributors joined the party way before the
> end-of-life of PHP 4 and have therefore not read through the install
> section in a while, hence noone removed silly PHP 4 mentions.
>
> -Hannes
