Per other replies about php version requirements and the putative difficulties involved for Redhat OS users, I am left wondering about how important the stated Mediawiki php version requirements really are.
My wondering is prompted by the fact that both Wikipedia and the few other MW foundation sites I have checked, are all running MW1.35.0 while still on php 7.2.26. Whereas the stated php minimum version requirement for the current latest stable MW1.34 is php 7.2.9. Probably a simple explanation but as a Centos 7 OS user, I am confused. Peter Presland On 23/01/2020 22:20, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 2:48 PM Sam Reed <re...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> As per the MediaWiki version life cycle [1], I would like to announce the >> formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.32 as of tomorrow, Friday January >> 24, 2019. >> >> This means that MediaWiki 1.32 will no longer receive maintenance or >> security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue >> to use it. >> >> It is recommended to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.34 (due to become EOL in >> November 2020), or less preferably to MediaWiki 1.33 (due to become EOL in >> June 2020). The current Long Term Support (LTS) version of MediaWiki, >> MediaWiki 1.31, is older (and downgrading is not supported), though the >> next LTS (MediaWiki 1.35) is due to be released in June 2020, and will be >> supported until June 2023. >> >> MediaWiki 1.33 has the same supported PHP version of 7.0 (which is itself >> unsupported upstream), in case you need longer to upgrade your systems. >> MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.2.9 or later. > This puts some folks in a bad position. > > The latest CentOS 7 does not support the versions of Python and PHP > required, even with Software Collections (SCL) enabled. > > (In hindsight a Red Hat-based VM was a bad decision. It ships with > antique software, and SCL only provides old software. We need modern > software, and should have selected a Fedora or Ubuntu VM). > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
