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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 5.4 branch and trunk
From: pasthelod@gmail.com (Pas)

On 2010.03.19. 19:31, Nate Abele wrote:
>> The point is that, for instance, PHP 5.3 was not a trivial upgrade for coders or hosters.  Sure it's mostly compatible, and you certainly can write code that works from 5.0->5.3 just fine, and if not then you're probably doing something wrong... but that's most of the PHP code out there right now. :-)  And naturally you can't test your code against 5.3 until it's out.
>
> Larry, to mitigate this issue, please refer to the exhaustive list of instructions here:
>
> http://twitter.com/nateabele/status/10733251789
>
> PLEASE NOTE: This also applies to user-land applications with test suites (and here I'm risking showing my ignorance by blindly assuming Drupal does, in fact, have a test suite).
>
> Please see http://snaps.php.net/ and http://qa.php.net/ for more information.
>
> Thanks,
> - Nate
>
>


Most actively developed apps out there are targeting very recent PHP 
versions and generally are aware of changes, (especially when it comes 
to backward incompatibility) and try to emulate features for older 
versions. (Like get_called_class().)

http://qa.drupal.org/

Also, any competent hosting provider allows customers to choose PHP 
version. (DreamHost for example allow it on a per (sub)domain basis.)

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Pas