Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:119881 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 87646 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2023 20:53:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 10 Apr 2023 20:53:47 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9282180545 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:53:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-ASN: AS20857 136.144.128.0/17 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from outbound10.mail.transip.nl (outbound10.mail.transip.nl [136.144.136.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:53:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from submission1.mail.transip.nl (unknown [10.100.4.70]) by outbound10.mail.transip.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PwLmS2hH6zTPPF2 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:53:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [IPV6:2a02:a450:3eae:1:25b4:5401:9820:5290] (2a02-a450-3eae-1-25b4-5401-9820-5290.fixed6.kpn.net [IPv6:2a02:a450:3eae:1:25b4:5401:9820:5290]) by submission1.mail.transip.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4PwLmR5Kpmz1nrx1 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:53:43 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:53:44 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.9.1 Content-Language: nl To: internals@lists.php.net References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: ClueGetter at submission1.mail.transip.nl DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=transip-a; d=demon-angel.eu; t=1681160023; h=from:subject:to: references:in-reply-to:date:mime-version:content-type; bh=zpVvNPXndUF7E3eRjCYxNYuRF61zmNCYiPraRZTofu4=; b=qGpgczwsArojcLLSDeBVFnBXEx+pyAYzIk1OtLHLLk8Mmxuei3C54RbssdRUggRSB5TYs+ tDyDtNje9oJN88BHbYqy0gaEqeIavFYlSRhyayzrwWjtX3cZza79O1vi1REX12RSrgM02n U1mDoTHo+9PHnVspkQ11v1keXS5N/IQdLz4acbejUei4GUrYyg9Qks2mZqUNvJKt4aI9PJ iZVnobQRb8FQAiMcnTD1q25Ud/neQbGA83aE4qToH45oekY8H+llgmM+ZJlBuVudCOZF2K fFUa7oZBax+Uc5JeDsi6Nk5wZUy78Mwfi7xtKZQrTnsnOUFr7f7V++JBtDzv2A== X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@transip.nl Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Future stability of PHP? From: mark@demon-angel.eu (Mark Baker) On 10/04/2023 21:01, Hans Henrik Bergan wrote: > several PHP versions will be maintained for 10 years by third-party vendors. > PHP5.6 will meet the 10 year mark by 28 august 2024, and freexian.com > maintains PHP5.6 with multiple customers paying 6000€/year for 5.6 > maintenance. > Canonical intends to maintain PHP7.0 until April 2026 for their Ubuntu > Pro 16.04. > Canonical intends to maintain PHP7.2 until April 2028 for their Ubuntu > Pro 18.04. > Canonical intends to maintain PHP7.4 until April 2030 for their Ubuntu > Pro 20.04. > Canonical intends to maintain PHP8.1 until April 2032 for their Ubuntu > Pro 22.04. I'm glad that some people can make money out of all this. The 70+ hours a week that I put in to maintaining my own libraries nets me €16,30 a month from a userbase that averages 120k downloads a day -- Mark Baker