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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Older style frameworks ...
From: thruska@cubiclesoft.com (Thomas Hruska)

On 8/25/2012 9:11 AM, Lester Caine wrote:
> Andrew Faulds wrote:
>>> Personally I have to live with real life, and just want to help
>>> change that
>>> situation.
>> Me too. My code relies on out-of-date extensions and PHP features,
>> which is why
>> I'm *refactoring* and *rewriting* the parts which do.
>
> Exactly what I've been doing for the last year ... INCLUDING PEAR
> At the expense of adding NEW facilities for my customers.
> But with the goal posts continuing to be moved forward, it would be nice
> to have a goal to aim at? Which is why I'm asking for one ...

Nothing is stopping you from forking some flavor of PHP for those who 
are like you.  PHP is on GitHub now, which makes it a lot easier to do 
change management and you can easily integrate whatever you like and 
don't like into your own fork from the main branch.  Make your own goal 
post.  I'm sure the PHP developers here would be more than happy to let 
you manage an official LTS version if it meant you would stop 
complaining on this list.  I'm sure web hosts would love your LTS 
version because they hate upgrades because upgrading costs time and 
money.  Good businesses plan ahead and integrate upgrade expenditures 
into their cost models.

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