I think 5.6 should not be extended. It should be treated like any other release and given the same length of time originally planned for any previous release. It should not be the responsibility of PHP Development to be used as an excuse not to update adapt to newer code standards. Which is something I feel happens all to often not just with PHP in general, but regarding technology as a whole.
The PHP Development Team has done a wonderful job with PHP 7.0 and now the responsibility falls upon others to adapt to that new standard. Of course 5.6 will continue to receive the normal level support as previous releases, but it should not be extended simply because others choose to drag their feet. On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Jan Ehrhardt <php...@ehrhardt.nl> wrote: > See http://php.net/supported-versions.php > > Will PHP 5.6 go into 'security fixes only' on 28 Aug 2015 with a end of > life on 28 Aug 2016? Or will we be postponing this a couple of months? > > BTW: An end-of-life in Dec 2016 will be in line wih the EOL of OpenSSL > 1.0.1: "Version 1.0.1 will be supported until 2016-12-31." > http://openssl.org/policies/releasestrat.html > -- > Jan > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
