Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:30715 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 13906 invoked by uid 1010); 10 Jul 2007 05:46:25 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 13890 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2007 05:46:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Jul 2007 05:46:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=larry@garfieldtech.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=larry@garfieldtech.com; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain garfieldtech.com from 204.127.192.81 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: larry@garfieldtech.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 204.127.192.81 rwcrmhc11.comcast.net NetCache Data OnTap 5.x Received: from [204.127.192.81] ([204.127.192.81:56517] helo=rwcrmhc11.comcast.net) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id FC/13-20881-F2D13964 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:46:24 -0400 Received: from earth.ufp (c-71-228-13-89.hsd1.il.comcast.net[71.228.13.89]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20070710054553m110007npge>; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:45:54 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by earth.ufp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231B7D8143 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:45:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from earth.ufp ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (earth.ufp [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6uLqZpYOHAlR for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:45:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vulcan.ufp (vulcan.ufp [192.168.42.4]) by earth.ufp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77ED0D7EDF for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:45:42 -0500 (CDT) To: internals@lists.php.net Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:45:40 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <698DE66518E7CA45812BD18E807866CE5A8F68@us-ex1.zend.net> <468F23CC.9040509@lerdorf.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <200707100045.40322.larry@garfieldtech.com> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4? From: larry@garfieldtech.com (Larry Garfield) On Monday 09 July 2007, Peter Brodersen wrote: > Usually the PHP development does not bother with specific vendors, > products, hosting companies or recommendations in general and so on. > But if we really are up for it, it might have a pacific effect to put > up some "known-good" lists; stuff like "Yes, phpbb does work with > PHP5. Yes, your ISP does support PHP5. Yes, we can recommend tools to > check for basic PHP5 compatibility. Yes, MySQL does work with PHP5". > The hard part about this is that if the lists are just somewhat > non-exhaustive people could be lead to think that all the stuff not > mentioned is not compatible. The GoPHP5.org project is part way there, I think. :-) It's not a "works with" but a "works only with", but still any project listed there is rather assumed to be PHP 5-friendly. I hate to volunteer myself for more work, but is there some way that GoPHP5 could help make that transition easier? (We can host upgrade guides written by others too, I suspect.) -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson