On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Jan Ehrhardt <php...@ehrhardt.nl> wrote:
> Adam Howard in php.internals (Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:07:53 -0500): > >8 months is fine. It is more than enough time for people to upgrade and > >adapt. > > It ain't. If you have got large sites that are built with a framework that > requires an older PHP-version you will have to (a) convince the site owner > that an upgrade is absolutely necessary, (b) agree on the functional specs > of the site after the upgrade, (c) agree on a price quote with the content > owner, (d) get that quote accepted by the purchase department of the site > owner. Each of these steps can easily take several months and then you are > not even starting building. > -- > Jan > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Where did this 8 months figure come from? PHP 7.0.0 available -> 2015-12-03 Today -> 2015-12-06 PHP 5.6.x EOL'd -> 2017-08 That's more than 8 months. Scott Arciszewski Chief Development Officer Paragon Initiative Enterprises <https://paragonie.com/>
