[TYPO3-dev] Requirement for 4.2 core set to PHP 5.2.x

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

ries van Twisk wrote:
> I ask these because quite a number of distributions
> don't supply 5.2.x by default yet. For example RHEL5 does come with 5.1,
> not with 5.2 (for good reasons I think).

I saw the same problem for SuSE but it is turned out that there are 
official compilations of even PHP5.3.x for SuSE. I just had to set a 
different update manager URL. No idea abiut RHEL5 but SuSE provided 
default basic repository and specialized repositories if you wish try 
other versions of the software. They are all supported.

See if it is the same with RHEL5.

> Also, I do think if typo3 really needs 5.2.x, I think quite a number
> of people will end up with problems during upgrade. Or at least
> a big warning should be shown in the BE that typo3 is running on a 
> incompatible
> version of php... Just an idea...

I think 5.2 was choosen because 5.1 may have short life + it offers some 
advanced features that we are going to use. Try to find if you can use 
5.2...

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Dmitry Dulepov
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