On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Faidon Liambotis faidon@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Last time we were discussing PHP 5.4 it was quite a while ago but I remember hearing that we'd need to do some porting work for our extensions. Plus, we we re having a debate we were having about Suhosin that I don't think ended up anywhere :)
On that front, I think everyone who was holding out for Suhosin had conceded that it wasn't going to happen, so that's not a blocker.
However, last I heard, platform engineering is focusing on HHVM now instead, so I'm not sure if it actually makes sense to spend resources to move to PHP 5.4 right now.
Agreed. We've started work in earnest, with the goal of getting one service deployed in HipHop soon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/HipHop_deployment
After we get that service deployed, we may need to set aside that work for other priorities. We'll be assessing at our next quarterly review in April, deciding if we want to finish off the job quickly, or if we need to let it rest while more bugs are knocked out of the system. If it looks like it's going to take a while, we can also decide if we want a PHP 5.4 upgrade prior to a full cutover to HipHop.
Rob