I don;t mind the small bump. We are not talking about moving to 5.4 or 5.5 so even tough those using LTS distribuitions may have to use outside or fast track repo the majority should be ok.
go speed racer, go. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Stefano Torresi <web...@stefanotorresi.it>wrote: > FWIW I think a minor requirement bump shouldn't be that tragic. If one > is ok with using an older PHP version, he will be ok using an older > framework version. Afterall 2.2.* should be mature enough to satisfy > their requirements. > > That said, backporting fixes is pretty much mandatory, and the > concerns raised about this are legit. > What would have to be backported? Security only or bug fixes in general? > More to the point, would the backporting take more effort than > sticking with the older PHP version in the first place? If that's the > case, the bump may not be completely worth it. > I'm not in the position to assess this, but it may be something to > consider. > > P.S. > PHP 5.4 will absolutely NOT be EOL in 2014 as stated above, by any > stretch of the imagination! The data mentioned were just an example > for the RFC. > > -- > List: fw-general@lists.zend.com > Info: http://framework.zend.com/archives > Unsubscribe: fw-general-unsubscr...@lists.zend.com > > >
