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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:47:09 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: hakre <hanskrentel@yahoo.de>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.x Documentend End Of Life Dates
From: hanskrentel@yahoo.de (hakre)

=0A=0A> No date for 5.3 yet. Depends how development goes on the next versi=
on=0A> after 5.4. EOL announcements are in the release announcements. 5.2 E=
OL=0A> was announced here: http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-07-22=
-1=0A=0AYes, I've seen that with release announcements often (but not alway=
s) a =0A(more or less concrete) statement was given for support, but the na=
ming =0Ais far from being consistent. For example, PHP 5.2 has multiple onc=
es', =0Athree in total.=0A=0AActually the questions I asked initially were =
born because of reading =0Athose announcements.=0A=0ASo if I may summarize =
based on my own observations and your feedback:=0A=0A=A0* PHP 5.0 has no EO=
L date (because there was never a release =0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
 announcement with an EOL),=0A=A0* PHP 5.1 has one EOL date (2006-11-02 "Ob=
soletion"), =0A=A0* PHP 5.2 has three EOL dates (2010-07-22 "End Of Active =
Support"; =0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 2010-12-09 and 2010-12-16 "End =
Of Support"), =0A=A0* PHP 5.3 has none yet (TBA) and =0A=A0* PHP 5.4 also h=
as none yet even though the accepted release =0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0 procedure[1] suggests it has to have one already =0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0 (2015-03-01 "EOL").=0A=0ADoes this summary for EOL dates of 5.=
x versions reflect the current =0Astatus quo appropriately?=0A=0AAnd what a=
re the plans to practically introduce the accepted release =0Aprocedure? I =
ask because it is documented and announced to be voted =0Ainto order but th=
e feedback you have given so far suggests it is not =0Afor the End Of Life =
dates. So I think this can benefit from some =0Aclarification, too.=0A=0ATh=
ank you for your ongoing support=0A=0A-- hakre