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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RIP PHP 4?
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote:

> On 7/10/07, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote:
> > 
> > > On 7/9/07, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, 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 attached patch mentions the above. As you can see, the idea 
> > > > is to release this on the 13th, 3 years after php 5 was released 
> > > > for this first time.
> > >
> > > First thanks for the patch!
> > 
> > I changed the first two paragraphs to:
> > 
> > <p>
> >   Today it is exactly three years ago since PHP 5 has been released. In
> >   those three years it has seen many improvements over PHP 4. PHP 5 is
> >   fast, stable &amp; production-ready and as PHP 6 is on the way, PHP 4
> >   will be discontinued.
> > </p>
> > <p>
> >   Hereby the PHP development team announces that support for PHP 4 will
> >   continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will
> >   be no more releases of PHP 4.4. In case security issues might arise after
> >   this date, we will consider making security-only releases up to 2008-08-08.
> >   Please use the rest of this year to make your application suitable to
> >   run on PHP 5.
> > </p>
> > 
> > I think that reads better.
> 
> It is perfect, well done :)

Almost, I want to change the 2nd paragraph to:

  Hereby the PHP development team announces that support for PHP 4 will
  continue until the end of this year only. After 2007-12-31 there will 
  be no more releases of PHP 4.4. We will continue to make critical security 
  fixes available on a case-by-case basis until 2008-08-08.  Please use the 
  rest of this year to make your application suitable to run on PHP 5.

regards,
Derick