# Hold off 5.4

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- Started by james.butler@edigitalresearch.com on 2010-12-02T20:32:47+00:00
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## #50835 — james.butler@edigitalresearch.com — 2010-12-02T20:32:47+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/50835#50835

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> Chris

Sorry, I think I misinterpreted what you were saying. You are right, the user expectation will probably need to be managed, irrespective of major version number, for quite a few features that PHP6 was expected to bring, and also any features that will now arrive that are orthogonal to what PHP6 books/media have promised. That said if the next version is 7 / 2011 / whatever, at least it won't return stacks of obsolete and outdated articles, blog posts and books when people start googling it for help and information.

Just my tuppence ha'penny. 
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