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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Bumping minimum PostgreSQL version to 10.0
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From: pierre-php@processus.org (Pierre)

Le 14/06/2024 à 22:54, Peter Kokot a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> we're thinking of bumping the minimum PostgreSQL version supported by PHP from
> current version 9.1 to version 10.0:
> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/14540
>
> A list of PostgreSQL versions and their EOL dates can be seen at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL
>
> The versions coverage by Linux/Unix distributions can be found at
> https://pkgs.org
>
> For example:
> - https://pkgs.org/search/?q=libpq
> and
> - https://pkgs.org/search/?q=postgresql
>
> This is aligning with CentOS 7 EOL in June 2024 and CentOS 8. PostgreSQL 10 is
> already EOL but to provide easier migration for packages, I think such
> increase is ok.
>
> Anyone have any concerns or thoughts about this?

Would id affect the possibility to use an old PostgreSQL (eg. 9.6) via 
PHP (PDO or ext-pgsql) ?

If so, it might be a dangerous move for oldest projects, you sometime 
can upgrade PHP and your software easily, but can't upgrade the database 
server.

Regards,

Pierre