Isn't php 7.2.26 superior to 7.2.9? It looks pretty logical to me but maybe I 
haven't understood correctly what you mean.

Pascal

Peter Presland a écrit, le vendredi 24 janvier 2020 à 16:52:02 :
> Per other replies about php version requirements and the putative
> difficulties involved for Redhat OS users, I am left wondering about how
> important the stated Mediawiki php version requirements really are.
> 
> My wondering is prompted by the fact that both Wikipedia and the few
> other MW foundation sites I have checked, are all running MW1.35.0
> while still on php 7.2.26. Whereas the stated php minimum version
> requirement for the current latest stable MW1.34 is php 7.2.9.
> 
> Probably a simple explanation but as a Centos 7 OS user, I am confused.
> 
> Peter Presland
> 
> On 23/01/2020 22:20, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 2:48 PM Sam Reed <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> As per the MediaWiki version life cycle [1], I would like to announce the
> >> formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.32 as of tomorrow, Friday January
> >> 24, 2019.
> >>
> >> This means that MediaWiki 1.32 will no longer receive maintenance or
> >> security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue
> >> to use it.
> >>
> >> It is recommended to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.34 (due to become EOL in
> >> November 2020), or less preferably to MediaWiki 1.33 (due to become EOL in
> >> June 2020). The current Long Term Support (LTS) version of MediaWiki,
> >> MediaWiki 1.31, is older (and downgrading is not supported), though the
> >> next LTS (MediaWiki 1.35) is due to be released in June 2020, and will be
> >> supported until June 2023.
> >>
> >> MediaWiki 1.33 has the same supported PHP version of 7.0 (which is itself
> >> unsupported upstream), in case you need longer to upgrade your systems.
> >> MediaWiki 1.34 requires PHP 7.2.9 or later.
> > This puts some folks in a bad position.
> >
> > The latest CentOS 7 does not support the versions of Python and PHP
> > required, even with Software Collections (SCL) enabled.
> >
> > (In hindsight a Red Hat-based VM was a bad decision. It ships with
> > antique software, and SCL only provides old software. We need modern
> > software, and should have selected a Fedora or Ubuntu VM).
> >
> > Jeff
> >
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