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Drop PHP 7.2 support from Wikibase master branch, once Wikimedia production is on 7.4
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T261872: Drop PHP 7.2 & 7.3 support from MediaWiki master branch, once Wikimedia production is on 7.4 handles the same topic for core.

Once this is done Wikibase can no longer operate on 7.2 systems (as it itself depends on MediaWiki core).

We should then

  • stop testing wikibase against 7.2

Hint

  • these ideas were already applied to the REL1_35 branch, which is an LTS release, to prevent having to support PHP 7.2 in the long run. Wikibase patch: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/630874/

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Change 630868 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pablo Grass (WMDE); owner: Pablo Grass (WMDE)):
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Drop PHP 7.2 support

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/630868

Change 630868 abandoned by Pablo Grass (WMDE):
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Drop PHP 7.2 support

Reason:
This is currently not actionable but tracked in T264168.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/630868

Reedy renamed this task from Drop PHP 7.2 support from wikibase master branch, once Wikimedia production is on 7.3 to Drop PHP 7.2 support from Wikibase master branch, once Wikimedia production is on 7.4.Oct 20 2021, 6:52 PM
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Change 836938 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Jforrester):

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Raise MediaWiki requirement to 1.40+, and thus ensure PHP 7.4 is provided

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/836938

Change 836938 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Require MediaWiki 1.40, PHP 7.4

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/836938