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| author | rdalverny <rdalverny@gmail.com> | 2022-01-22 22:14:06 +0100 |
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| committer | rdalverny <rdalverny@gmail.com> | 2022-01-22 22:14:06 +0100 |
| commit | 94218b1009199a947c58cf88dbb358953249f10c (patch) | |
| tree | 4d19dec18f60e49ca23ae12341ff63dacbaa24df | |
| parent | de96fb60de756862d740722886412bdb3f070d96 (diff) | |
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Add provisional PHP support policy
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Requirements You will need a web hosting with at least PHP 7.4 (8.0 and 8.1 are supported too). If you are installing moonmoon on a Linux private server (VPS, dedicated host), -please note that you will need to have installed the following packages: +please note that you will need to have installed the following extensions: `php-curl`, `php-mbstring`, `php-xml`, `php-xmlreader`. Installing @@ -62,3 +62,26 @@ categories: # only list posts that have one debug: false # debug mode (dangerous in production!) checkcerts: true # check feeds certificates ``` + +Provisional PHP Support Policy +------------------------------ + +On a best effort basis, trying to keep a review at least once a year: + +1. We aim to support the stable current versions of PHP (as of January 2022, that's 8.1 & 7.4); +2. and, if that's practical, the 2 previous stable versions (so, 7.3 and 7.2), if that's practical. +3. Support will end for PHP versions that have been end-of-life for more than 2 years + (see https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php). +4. When support for a minor PHP version is dropped, moonmoon minor version will increase + (moonmoon 10.1 would become 10.2 when support for PHP 7.4 is dropped). +5. When support for a major PHP version is dropped, moonmoon major version will increase + (10.3 would become 11.0 when support for the last PHP 7.x is dropped). +6. Dropping support for a PHP version does not mean that they will necessarily + not run properly anymore moonmoon latest version, +7. but this defines a criteria for arbitration when needed, + between updates required to support new platform features/requirements, + and staying reasonably compatible with older versions. +8. Separate maintenance branches may be kept for major versions where some changes + may be backported. + +---
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