1) CommonFunctionsTest::test_processWikitext_empty
preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead

2) CommonFunctionsTest::test_processWikitext_makelinks_form_1
preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead
 
3) CommonFunctionsTest::test_processWikitext_makelinks_form_2
preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_callback instead
 
api/includes/CommonFunctions.php:26
api/tests/CommonFunctionsTest.php:53

We can surely drop the hhvm job, then the regex modifier /e (which eval code) is definitely evil and I can see why it never got supported by HHVM.

Change 286590 had a related patch set uploaded (by Hashar):
[labs/tools/heritage] drop HHVM job

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/286590

Change 286590 merged by jenkins-bot:
[labs/tools/heritage] drop HHVM job

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/286590

@JeanFred wrote:

Alternatively I change the CI config by only executing composer-php55 (and composer-validate etc) but I won’t be able to use the template so will have some duplication.

CI enforces a lot of things, but making life of developers harder is not one of them :-} The templates in Zuul are merely for convenience, if a repo has a different use case by all price lets just adjust the CI conf.

With https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/286590 it should no more run the HHVM jobs which most probably fix this task.

I highly recommend filling a task to eventually drop the /e regex modifier.

In T134207#2258873, @hashar wrote:

I highly recommend filling a task to eventually drop the /e regex modifier.

Now in T134236

Was there anything left in this task or can it be closed? @JeanFred ?