Yes. You're right. Sorry about that. However, the other reply from James Forrester is useful.
Peter P On 24/01/2020 17:45, Pascal GREGIS wrote: > Isn't php 7.2.26 superior to 7.2.9? It looks pretty logical to me but maybe I > haven't understood correctly what you mean. > > Pascal > > Peter Presland a écrit, le vendredi 24 janvier 2020 à 16:52:02 : >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
