Re: PHP 5.3 as a requirement for a library?

David Harkness wrote:
> I'm working on the Hamcrest matching library and have been considering the
> switch to using namespaces (\Hamcrest\Type\IsInteger) instead of
> class-names-as-namespaces (Hamcrest_Type_IsInteger). Coming from the Java
> world I'm used to being forced to deploy my applications on versions one or
> two behind the latest stable release. It was common to run on 1.2 when 1.4
> was available and 1.3 when 1.5 was available for over a year. Managers are
> fearful of new versions. Is this same pattern repeated in PHP?
> 
> My current company just switched to 5.3 after running 5.2 for some time. Are
> we average in that regard or the exception to the rule?

Most people are on 5.2 afaik, certainly most shared hosts are either 
5.1.x and 5.2.x, and most os's still have the 5.2.x when you install 
from the packages.

Best,

Nathan