[Mediawiki-l] php5

[Rowan Collins]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:53:23 +0200, NSK <nsk2 at wikinerds.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 06 January 2005 20:42, Brion Vibber wrote:
> > > Are you planning to backport the php5-compatible Monobook to MW1.3
> > > (1.3.10) ?
> > No.
> But what if 1.4 comes out with some bugs? New features usually introduce new
> bugs. In that case, users who want a rock-solid stable n secure wiki with
> PHP5 will be forced to either stay with PHP4/MW1.3.9 or stop having a
> rock-solid stable n secure wiki.

You rather defeat your own argument here, IMHO: "1.3.x is stable
because no major features are being added to it; therefore, you should
port this major feature (a completely rewritten default skin, for
compatibility with PHP5) to 1.3.x". If you want 1.3.x because you
"know it works", stick with 1.3.x; if you want major new features
(e.g. PHP5 compatibility), upgrade to a major new version (i.e. 1.4).

-- 
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]