RE: [PHP-DOC] The PHP 4 content in the http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
Ok. I'll remove all the PHP 4 references. > -Original Message- > From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnus...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:24 PM > To: Philip Olson > Cc: Ruslan Yakushev; PHP Documentation ML > Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] The PHP 4 content in the > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 23:27, Philip Olson wrote: > > > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Ruslan Yakushev wrote: > > > >> I am updating the content in the "windows manual installation steps" > page > >> (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php) which is a > >> pre-requisite article for the most of the other web server specific > >> articles. I wanted to check about the php 4 related content - is it > still > >> necessary to keep all PHP 4 related instructions and content on that > page? > > > > No, a simple PHP 4 specific note should be fine but detail isn't > necessary. > > People installing PHP 4 may use the included install.txt file. > > We shouldn't be saying anything at all on how to install PHP 4. > At the very very most a note saying "For PHP 4 installation > instructions see web.archive.org or the bundled INSTALL file". > Keep in mind that we do not have versioned manual, so we shouldn't be > talking about how things are now, or in the future, not in the past! > We use changelogs for changed behavior, but if you need to _install_ > legacy app that hasn't been supported for a long time then you are on > your own solider. > > The only reason (I assume) the references to PHP 4 are still there are > because current doc contributors joined the party way before the > end-of-life of PHP 4 and have therefore not read through the install > section in a while, hence noone removed silly PHP 4 mentions. > > -Hannes
Re: [PHP-DOC] The PHP 4 content in the http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 23:27, Philip Olson wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Ruslan Yakushev wrote: > >> I am updating the content in the "windows manual installation steps" page >> (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php) which is a >> pre-requisite article for the most of the other web server specific >> articles. I wanted to check about the php 4 related content - is it still >> necessary to keep all PHP 4 related instructions and content on that page? > > No, a simple PHP 4 specific note should be fine but detail isn't necessary. > People installing PHP 4 may use the included install.txt file. We shouldn't be saying anything at all on how to install PHP 4. At the very very most a note saying "For PHP 4 installation instructions see web.archive.org or the bundled INSTALL file". Keep in mind that we do not have versioned manual, so we shouldn't be talking about how things are now, or in the future, not in the past! We use changelogs for changed behavior, but if you need to _install_ legacy app that hasn't been supported for a long time then you are on your own solider. The only reason (I assume) the references to PHP 4 are still there are because current doc contributors joined the party way before the end-of-life of PHP 4 and have therefore not read through the install section in a while, hence noone removed silly PHP 4 mentions. -Hannes
Re: [PHP-DOC] The PHP 4 content in the http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php
On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Ruslan Yakushev wrote: I am updating the content in the "windows manual installation steps" page (http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php) which is a pre-requisite article for the most of the other web server specific articles. I wanted to check about the php 4 related content - is it still necessary to keep all PHP 4 related instructions and content on that page? No, a simple PHP 4 specific note should be fine but detail isn't necessary. People installing PHP 4 may use the included install.txt file. Regards, Philip
