[Bug 1522422] Re: PHP5 branch and PHP7 branch

[Ondřej Surý]

You are just repeating the same story that I've heard with every minor
version. I still hear some broken obsolete code requires PHP 5.3. The
major version bump is not as severe as with python2->python3, so there's
a need to put a stake into the ground somewhere.

Also "think" is different from putting your money where you mouth is.
Maintaining several versions of PHP requires a substantial amount of
work. And the amount of work and support required is much higher when
you release multiple versions of PHP as part of stable release than
let's say supporting those versions in outside repositories (like my
ppa:ondrej/php*).

Ultimately this would be a Canonical people's decision, but I strongly
advice against having a multiple versions of PHPs as part of stable
Ubuntu release.

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