Martin Keckeis wrote:
The usage statistic is easy explained...
Long time there was no planned "release cycle" so nobody could plan to upgrade
(especially hoster and linux distributions, ...)
Please respect site etiquette and don't top post ...
Your view of things is wrong simply because it is the release cycle that has
caused the situation. The move to 5.3 was stalled because many ISP's found that
having changed too many older sites were broken and they had to roll back.
Things are improving, but the current upgrade path is STILL to PHP5.3 despite
the fact it is now being run down. There is still no well defined upgrade path
to bring legacy code forward other than 'switch off the warnings', and the move
to PHP5.3 to 5.4 can only be made by ISP's when their clients code base is all
upgraded TO 5.3 standards, so that a move to 5.4 does not add to the troubles.
Another reason why many people stick with the old version is poor written
software like WORDPRESS -.-
That may be the case. What is important here is being able to bring both code
and more importantly content from older systems to the newer platform. If a site
has several years of live data and is working for it's target audience what is
the incentive to spend time and money porting it to a different platform that
does not add any value. Most end users ARE using 'old version is poor written
software' but in many cases they have no capability of fixing that problem
themselves. The project platforms are racing ahead of the platform that the end
users are restricted to using :(
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