Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:30581 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 74304 invoked by uid 1010); 7 Jul 2007 05:25:53 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 74289 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2007 05:25:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Jul 2007 05:25:53 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=rasmus@lerdorf.com; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=rasmus@lerdorf.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain lerdorf.com from 207.126.228.149 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: rasmus@lerdorf.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 207.126.228.149 rsmtp1.corp.yahoo.com FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) (2) Received: from [207.126.228.149] ([207.126.228.149:31273] helo=rsmtp1.corp.yahoo.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 25/E1-48942-0E32F864 for ; Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:25:52 -0400 Received: from trainburn-lm-corp-yahoo-com.local (socks1.corp.yahoo.com [216.145.54.158]) (authenticated bits=0) by rsmtp1.corp.yahoo.com (8.13.8/8.13.6/y.rout) with ESMTP id l675PeAi051662 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 22:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <468F23CC.9040509@lerdorf.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:25:32 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Macintosh/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Gutmans CC: PHP Developers Mailing List References: <698DE66518E7CA45812BD18E807866CE5A8F68@us-ex1.zend.net> In-Reply-To: <698DE66518E7CA45812BD18E807866CE5A8F68@us-ex1.zend.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf) Andi Gutmans wrote: > I'd suggest something close to what Rasmus suggested: > a) We make a clear statement on PHP.net that at the end of the year we > plan to discontinue bug fixes for PHP 4 except for security fixes. > b) We will discontinue supporting PHP 4 on 8/8/8 (because it sounds good > and gives people about a year). The number 8 also has lots of meaning in Chinese culture. For example the Beijing Olympics will begin on 8/8/8 at 8:08:08 pm because the word for 8 sounds like 发 which means prosper or wealth. -Rasmus