side note: How come php 5.3.3 support broken accidentally? Isn't Jenkins script validates compatibility with the min php? :)
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Krinkle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 20 Jul 2015, at 22:42, Legoktm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > OTOH, if we never bump our version requirements, there's less incentive > > for hosting providers to upgrade their PHP. [1] has some interesting > > arguments regarding this. > > > > [1] http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2014/12/on-php-version-requirements.html > > > > > > Indeed. Providers that don't already provide newer PHP options, will > certainly > start doing so when major software requires it. > > > > On 21 Jul 2015, at 07:12, bawolff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > https://wikiapiary.com/w/index.php?title=Special:SearchByProperty&limit=500&offset=0&property=Has+PHP+Version&value=5.3.3 > > is also something to keep in mind > > > > > Yes, but also keep in mind that many of those wikis likely run in hosting > environments that already support newer PHP versions. But customers won't > change their settings until they have to. And providers can't change > customers proactively without risking site breakage or damaging customer > relations. > > I had the same with my third-party wikis. Until recently they ran on PHP > 5.3. Then at some point I realised my provider had a simple "Select PHP > Version" page in the control panel. I switched them all to PHP 5.6 that day > and also enabled opcache. Site performance improved greatly. > > > > On 19 Jul 2015, at 07:15, Bryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Some WMF production hosts are still on PHP 5.3.10 so as Tim pointed > > out last spring [0] we shouldn't drop 5.3 support until after the > > entirety of the WMF server fleet are all switched over to HHVM or at > > least a newer version of PHP5. [..] > > > > [0]: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/436441#436441 > > > > Yeah, in case of Wikimedia master is near-immediate production so > let's post-pone this until right after Wikimedia's migration is complete. > > Third parties can stick to using the LTS or the current stable version > as needed for upto several years more without issue. > > -- Krinkle > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
