Re: [PEAR-QA] minimum PHP version

On 02.01.2012 23:16, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>> I am not sure how aware many of you guys are of how many PHP 4 users we
>> still have using the PEAR installer
>>
> 
> We're not really clear on it - got stats? It would be good to see the
> numbers.

Not about PEAR, but about PHP-supported servers according to
http://reviews.gcoupon.com/browse/servers/Website_Servers.html

PHP4: 17603 (17%)
PHP5: 88755 (83%)

BC-break rule was good 5 years ago, now we should get rid of it.

- Most likely none of PHP4 users care about updates,
- This rule stops some PEAR developers from being more active (like me),
- This rule stops progress also because new packages (*2) are not used
immidietly by distributions, and the process requires some time to
stabilise the new code.

Let's do it, please.

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