From 9089e79c423ad4925cde64825e0c56fc47d4bf0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomasz Mlynski Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:02:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update php-version.md --- december-2017/php-version.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/december-2017/php-version.md b/december-2017/php-version.md index 8854fdb..248ba78 100644 --- a/december-2017/php-version.md +++ b/december-2017/php-version.md @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ PHP 5.2 has served us well but has not received any performance or security upda In the interest of ensuring MyBB remains up to date with current best practices and to leverage the new features and optimisations generally found in new versions of PHP, we propose that the minimum PHP version requirement be increased with the release of MyBB 1.10 - from PHP 5.2 to either 5.6 (which has just over a year until it reaches EOL on December 31, 2018) or 7.0 (which has around two years). MyBB 1.8 would continue to support the PHP versions that it currently supports, should users be unable to update the versions of software running on their servers. MyBB 1.10 development is underway (some PRs have entered the review stage and suggestions are being taken in the [1.10 Suggestions and Feedback](https://community.mybb.com/forum-199.html) forum). We are really keen to gather as much feedback as possible and to learn from our userbase what their concerns might be when met by a change as substantial as this. + +The 1.8 branch, while carrying structural concepts of over 12 years (which have passed recently [since MyBB 1.0.0](https://mybb.com/versions/)), is expected to remain compatible with PHP 5.2 as well as with more recent versions to prevent problems resulting from raised requirements in minor releases as the work on modern branches continues. From ce631acd9e9ccbd6e859d031194687e0d28ea6c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomasz Mlynski Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:13:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update php-version.md --- december-2017/php-version.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/december-2017/php-version.md b/december-2017/php-version.md index 248ba78..6849350 100644 --- a/december-2017/php-version.md +++ b/december-2017/php-version.md @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ In the interest of ensuring MyBB remains up to date with current best practices MyBB 1.10 development is underway (some PRs have entered the review stage and suggestions are being taken in the [1.10 Suggestions and Feedback](https://community.mybb.com/forum-199.html) forum). We are really keen to gather as much feedback as possible and to learn from our userbase what their concerns might be when met by a change as substantial as this. -The 1.8 branch, while carrying structural concepts of over 12 years (which have passed recently [since MyBB 1.0.0](https://mybb.com/versions/)), is expected to remain compatible with PHP 5.2 as well as with more recent versions to prevent problems resulting from raised requirements in minor releases as the work on modern branches continues. +The MyBB 1.x series has continued to use the same structural concepts from MyBB 1.0 [for over 12 years](https://mybb.com/versions/). While MyBB 1.10 will be based on features from more recent versions of PHP, MyBB 1.8 will remain compatible with PHP 5.2. Additional compatibility fixes for recent versions will also be included where possible.