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Subject: PHP 5.5 Upgrade Notes Question
From: andi@zend.com (Andi Gutmans)

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Hi,



Just reading the excellent PHP 5.5 Upgrades Notes -
https://raw.github.com/php/php-src/php-5.5.0beta1/UPGRADING



Some questions:

-          Dropped support for Windows XP & 2003:

o   Was this an RFC? At what point was it decided? (I may have missed it in
that case I=E2=80=99d just appreciate a pointer to where it was decided). I=
 am
asking because XP still seems to be quite prevalent and while Microsoft
wants to incentivize people to upgrade by being aggressive around end of
life, not sure that=E2=80=99s the most convenient for our users.

-          In =E2=80=9CBackwards Incompatible Changes=E2=80=9D there=E2=80=
=99s a big list of BC
changes that are internals and don=E2=80=99t impact user land. So could com=
e across
a lot more intimidating than it is. I think we should move towards the end
of the upgrade notes in a section of its own that=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CPHP In=
ternals Changes
=E2=80=93 does not impact user space=E2=80=9D (or something of that sort). =
I=E2=80=99m happy to
make that change but wanted to bring it up before tackling it.

-          On similar note as previous item, should we put New Features
before BC changes? No big deal but it=E2=80=99s always nice to have the mor=
e
positive piece first :)




Andi

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