Re: [Tiki-devel] Tiki trunk/master is switching today to PHP 8.1 minimum, in preparation for Tiki 26.0

Yes, sure, we can add a "known issues" section on https://doc.tiki.org/Tiki26



On Sat, 13 May 2023 12:12:42 +0300 Tiki developers [email protected] said

> Thank you Marc and all the team working on this huge update.
> 
> As (my) usual I will start report as soon as Tiki26 is “branched” with
> selected real life sites.
> 
> "There could be some lesser used features that are not functional in Tiki
> 26.0 because of an abandoned dependency. We'll work on these for 26.1 and
> 26.2.”
> 
> 
> To avoid extra reports and test of features not expected to stop from Tiki
> 26.0 / PHP8.1, will be possible to have and maintain (collaboratively) a list
> of abandoned dependency that require (or not) fixe ?
> 
> Regards,
> Bernard
> 
> > On 13 May 2023, at 1:44, Marc Laporte <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > A few other key takeaways from today and recent days:
> > 
> > 
> > 1- Benoit ran https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan on the Tiki code base. As
> > you would expect from a 20+ years-old code base, it had plenty of constructive
> > criticism. Benoit's next step is to filter that down to actionable chunks (now
> > vs later and expertise level required)
> > 
> > 2- Here is a very important commit for GlitchTip work, and Smarty:
> > https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/2691
> > 
> > 3- Switching to PHP 8.1+ makes us eligible for dozens of Composer dependency
> > upgrades. We'll do a few now if they provide a known benefit. But most of the
> > other Composer upgrades will be done progressively after the release of Tiki
> > 26.0, with a goal that all Composer dependencies are on latest/almost latest
> > versions for 27.0
> > 
> > Exciting times ahead!
> > 
> > Marc
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 May 2023 18:00:45 -0400 [email protected], Tiki developers
> > [email protected] said
> > 
> >> This is happening next week:
> >> https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/2711
> >> The whole GlitchTip-Tiki team (which contributed about 200 bug fixes in last
> >> few weeks) will now shift its focus to PHP 8.1:
> >> https://dev.tiki.org/Using-GlitchTip-as-part-of-the-Tiki-development-process
> >> Please everyone switch your trunk/master systems to PHP 8.1 and be ready to
> >> update frequently because there will be a lot of commits coming Thank you
> > and best regards,
> >> Marc
> >> On Fri, 12 May 2023 15:15:29 -0400 [email protected], Tiki developers
> >> [email protected] said
> >> > Hello,
> >> > > As discussed in the chatroom, the PHP version support is increasingly a
> >> > concern.
> >> >
> >> >
> > https://matrix.to/#/!SLEgqpTNTlGYAhzNvK:gitter.im/$9_JHuXClV_DzxsyfoRB1i9iLLMcs-NJcPWUnyejOyNo?via=matrix.org&via=gitter.im&via=coeus.ca
> >> > > After analysis, the best (less bad) option is to move to PHP 8.1 in
> > trunk
> >> > now, and sprint to fix all remaining PHP8 issues before the release of
> > 26.0
> >> > (ideally all before branching)
> >> > > Why not PHP 8.0? Extra work, and many important dependencies now require
> > PHP
> >> > 8.1 (if we want to leverage most modern code)
> >> > > Why not keep 7.4 and add 8.1? This is doable but more work. And it
> > prevents
> >> > us from fully taking advantage of PHP8  The time we save by testing and
> >> > fixing 7.4 is better invested in fixing more things in 8.1.
> >> > > What about PHP 8.2? We'll add support for Tiki 27LTS (and maintain 8.1)
> >> > > I updated:
> >> > https://doc.tiki.org/PHP8
> >> > https://doc.tiki.org/Requirements
> >> > > So it will be a bumpy period, but it is the way to go. There could be
> > some
> >> > lesser used features that are not functional in Tiki 26.0 because of an
> >> > abandoned dependency. We'll work on these for 26.1 and 26.2.
> >> > > Thank you Benoit Grégoire for your energy and expertise here. Thank you
> >> > SoftStart for all the previous work on PHP8 support. Thank you to the
> >> > EvoluData dev team for all the recent work on PHP8, including some nasty
> >> > hard
> >> > crashes. The coming weeks will be bumpy and I am counting on you all.
> >> > > And special thanks to the PHP community for all the innovation. The
> > future
> >> > is
> >> > bright!
> >> > https://thephp.foundation/
> >> > > Best regards,
> >> > > Marc
> > 
> > 
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