If you manage a MediaWiki instance, please tell us what PHP version you use, and some other relevant information, by filling out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-io754bUxVujh100D4xvIwkiBIFk9Ef0j4TYrJ2zMc/viewform
You may have seen on wikitech-l that there is some controversy over whether we should require PHP 5.5 in the next major release of MediaWiki. I made this little survey in the interests of gathering some extra data to support our decision, beyond what we already have from WikiApiary.
You don't need to log in to fill out the form, and no personal information will be forwarded to us.
-- Tim Starling
Can we fill it out multiple times if we run manage more than one instance?
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
If you manage a MediaWiki instance, please tell us what PHP version you use, and some other relevant information, by filling out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-io754bUxVujh100D4xvIwkiBIFk9Ef0j4TYrJ2zMc/viewform
You may have seen on wikitech-l that there is some controversy over whether we should require PHP 5.5 in the next major release of MediaWiki. I made this little survey in the interests of gathering some extra data to support our decision, beyond what we already have from WikiApiary.
You don't need to log in to fill out the form, and no personal information will be forwarded to us.
-- Tim Starling
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Good question. I'm most interested in the amount of work it will take to upgrade PHP, so if you manage a hundred identical servers and will upgrade them all in bulk, then you shouldn't submit the form more than once, because that would be overrepresentative. But if you consult on several completely separate systems, each with their own quirks and dependencies, then I suppose it makes sense to submit the form more than once.
I've added a checkbox to the form so that you can tell us if you are submitting it more than once.
-- Tim Starling
On 04/12/15 12:54, Bill Traynor wrote:
Can we fill it out multiple times if we run manage more than one instance?
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
If you manage a MediaWiki instance, please tell us what PHP version you use, and some other relevant information, by filling out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-io754bUxVujh100D4xvIwkiBIFk9Ef0j4TYrJ2zMc/viewform
You may have seen on wikitech-l that there is some controversy over whether we should require PHP 5.5 in the next major release of MediaWiki. I made this little survey in the interests of gathering some extra data to support our decision, beyond what we already have from WikiApiary.
You don't need to log in to fill out the form, and no personal information will be forwarded to us.
-- Tim Starling
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I had quite an upset on Debian 7 (I am now on Debian 8) which started with this:
***** php5 (5.4.45-0+deb7u2) wheezy-security; urgency=medium
* PHP 5.4 has reached end-of-life on 14 Sep 2015 and as a result there will be no more new upstream releases. The security support of PHP 5.4 in Debian will be best effort only and you are strongly advised to upgrade to latest stable Debian release that includes PHP 5.6 that will reach end of security support on 28 Aug 2017.
-- Ondřej Surý <@debian.org> Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:05:37 +0200 ****
I am managed to break PHP completely by trying to install PHP 5.6 on Debian 7 and migrated from Debian 7 to Debian 8 to get a working system! I have six Mediawiki distinct instances (all on the same VPS).
Current setup:
MediaWiki 1.26.0 PHP 5.6.14-0+deb8u1 (cgi-fcgi) MariaDB 10.1.9-MariaDB-1~jessie-log
Gordo
On 04/12/15 01:25, Tim Starling wrote:
If you manage a MediaWiki instance, please tell us what PHP version you use, and some other relevant information, by filling out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-io754bUxVujh100D4xvIwkiBIFk9Ef0j4TYrJ2zMc/viewform
You may have seen on wikitech-l that there is some controversy over whether we should require PHP 5.5 in the next major release of MediaWiki. I made this little survey in the interests of gathering some extra data to support our decision, beyond what we already have from WikiApiary.
You don't need to log in to fill out the form, and no personal information will be forwarded to us.
-- Tim Starling
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Tim - FWIW
I function as the webmaster-cum-OS sysadmin for the Wikispooks project wiki which runs on a Centos 7 VPS
I entered 'hard' for the php upgrade difficulty because of a disastrous experience a few years ago. I cannot remember the detail of the php releases concerned but briefly, I upgraded to a version that was not available through either the Centos standard or EPEL repos. I believe the upgrade was prompted by a Mediawiki upgrade from V-16 to 17 or 18. Got it all working OK but all sorts of problems, clearly related to the upgrade, followed. Attempting to fix them eventually ended with my having to re-commission the server pretty much from scratch. My lack of professional Linux sysadmin experience was undoubtedly to blame but the lesson I took away - and which I will not lightly override - is that, for near-core OS components - ie php and a few others - do NOT install anything that is not included in the standard and/or EPEL repos unless absolutely forced to.
I doubt I am alone in that stance.
Current Centos 7 EPEL repo php version is 5.4.16
Peter Presland
On 04/12/2015 01:25, Tim Starling wrote:
If you manage a MediaWiki instance, please tell us what PHP version you use, and some other relevant information, by filling out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-io754bUxVujh100D4xvIwkiBIFk9Ef0j4TYrJ2zMc/viewform
You may have seen on wikitech-l that there is some controversy over whether we should require PHP 5.5 in the next major release of MediaWiki. I made this little survey in the interests of gathering some extra data to support our decision, beyond what we already have from WikiApiary.
You don't need to log in to fill out the form, and no personal information will be forwarded to us.
-- Tim Starling
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