Re: Squirrelmail broken in PHP-4.0.7rc2? -- So what?

[Ray B. I. <rb...@cl...>]

> That's all fine.  The rub is that the the language has stabilized
somewhat since
> then.  I don't see any sense in hog-tieing ourselves to be compatible
with a
> version of PHP that no one (in their right mind) runs!

Well said.

> That said, I think we should make a /reasonable/ effort to be
compatible with as
> wide a range of PHP versions as is /practical/.  To me the
reasonableness line
> lies at gaining some code cleanliness and FORWARD compatibility in
exchange for
> saying goodbye to very early (and I think we can all agree, crappy)
versions of
> PHP4.

I find myself agreeing more and more, and I think a 1-year window of php
versions is completely 'reasonable'. (...hauling away the dead horse,
it's been beaten quite enough...)

> Bottom line, Ray, you are finally going to have to get off your ass
and upgrade
> your PHP! :-P

Huhwha?! :)  Hey, how did I get lumped into the 'crappy sysop' category?
I'm just lookin' out for my peeps, livin' and dyin' on the crappy ISPs.
Word to tha free-lance-ahz.

-r3-