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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?
From: antony@zend.com (Antony Dovgal)

On 06.07.2007 19:07, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> I'm breaking your vote only rule.  I don't really understand what
> dropping support means if we will still release security fixes.  That's
> the mode we have been in for at least a year, so what would change at
> the end of the year?
> 
> Dropping support to me means PHP 4 becomes like PHP 3.  No new releases
> for any reason, and I don't think we can realistically do that yet.
> Saying we are dropping support and then continuing on with the status
> quo seems odd to me.

To me it means in the first place that we can add a canned answer to the bugtracker 
which would say "PHP4 is not supported anymore, install PHP5" and close all PHP4 only reports.

So no bug-fixes, no releases except for ones fixing critical security problems.
And even that should be ceased either in say.. 1 or 2 years.

-- 
Wbr, 
Antony Dovgal