Re: [PHP-DEV] Please reconsider supporting PHP 5.2

2010-07-27 Thread Lester Caine
Larry Garfield wrote: One catch here is that E_STRICT implies no PHP 4 compatibility, as E_STRICT chokes on PHP 4-style class usage, etc. Drupal 6 had PHP 4 compatibility so E_STRICT was not an option. The core system was developed to E_ALL standards, but not all add-on modules (which are the l

Re: [PHP-DEV] Please reconsider supporting PHP 5.2

2010-07-27 Thread Larry Garfield
On Sunday 25 July 2010 05:55:53 am Reindl Harald wrote: > A clean designed application has to run the whole time with > error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT and so you should have seen > the problems long ago > > > This broke Drupal 6 big time and while core has been fixed, contrib is > > a bit slo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Please reconsider supporting PHP 5.2

2010-07-25 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 25.07.2010 11:17, schrieb Karoly Negyesi: > This is a very interesting decision as 5.3.0, compatibility wise, is a > major release. I always felt it was PHP 6.0 but it was not called so > because there was a development branched called that (which was later > abandoned). This is simply not tr

Re: [PHP-DEV] Please reconsider supporting PHP 5.2

2010-07-25 Thread Pierre Joye
hi, On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Karoly Negyesi wrote: > Hi, > > A mere year after releasing Version 5.3.0 (Version 5.3.0 30-June-2009) > you are dropping PHP 5.2 support. We still support 5.2. There is a huge misunderstanding of "end of active support". It means that only critical bugs (s