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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Florian Margaine wrote on 16/01/2015 13:01:
> Hi Stelian,
>
> Stelian Mocanita writes:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Might I suggest community feedback on this one in a reddit thread? My guess
>> is that even though a lot of applications out there are still PHP 4 ctor
>> reliant, a very low percentage of these applications might be under active
>> development.
> Not under active development doesn't mean that the application shouldn't
> be able to upgrade PHP and enjoy the bug/security fixes or performance
> improvements that new versions provide.

Upgrading to a new Major version is expected to require at least some 
checking and adaptation, so would require at least semi-active 
development status on the part of the project, IMHO.