[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.

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#33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.
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 Reporter:  alexander.rohmann                    |       Owner:  jorbin
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  General                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-        |  Resolution:
  opinion                                        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by seancjones):

 Replying to [comment:105 pcarvalho]:

 > how is dropping support a nightmare compared doing the backports to this
 6/3/2 year old dead version of php? dropping support is to stop doing the
 fixes beyond 3.7 and version X for php.
 >
 > @fightthecurrent said it nicely: EOL is A-OK.

 We don't even need to drop back compatibility for fixes, necessarily. It's
 more a matter of how this gets implemented and the policies surrounding
 it. If there is a larger issue about back compatibility becoming
 difficult, that's a separate can of worms, and, IMO, is not directly
 related to this. That process can either be revised or improved, and will
 be an issue if kept as-is, regardless or this decision. Likewise, it might
 be able to be made easier to backport to 3.7 and that could be the case
 regardless of a change in PHP version. I do not think the two issues
 should be conflated based on comments here.

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