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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 20:22:47 +0200
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To: Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.6 life cycle
From: zeev@zend.com (Zeev Suraski)


> On 6 =D7=91=D7=93=D7=A6=D7=9E=D7=B3 2015, at 19:50, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@=
gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> re-reading the archives I tend to agree, even myself mentioned in the 5.7
> thread that we could extend the 5.6 lifecycle if the sole reason for 5.7
> was to extend the support timeframe for 5.x
> so I think that extending the 5.6 lifecycle is fair game, but I think it
> would be better to not decide about that now, but wait a bit and see how
> the php7 adoption goes first and we can make a more data-based decision
> later.
>=20
> (obviously this would require an RFC and a vote)

I think we should decide now whether we want to decide in advance or defer t=
he decision for later (there are pros and cons for both).  These can be opti=
ons in the RFC as well.  I'll work on one.

Zeev=