PHP/Python versions for Thin Clients

[Pavel Petroshenko <pa...@petroshenko.com>]

Igniters,

Are there any strong opinions on which language versions should the Thin
Clients written in Python and PHP support? Any objections to using PHP 7.1+
and Python 3.5+?

Thanks,

p.

Re: PHP/Python versions for Thin Clients

[Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>]

Thanks Pavel, this makes sense now.

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 5:30 AM, Pavel Petroshenko <pa...@petroshenko.com>
wrote:

> Hi Dmitriy,
>
> PHP 5.6 and 7.0 are going to be end-of-life shortly [1]. So the minimal
> version for the Thin Client is going to be either 7.1 or 7.2 (I would
> finalize this along with the PHP Thin Client API proposal).
>
> As for Python, there is still some legacy code on 2.7, the oldest active
> 2.x version. However the use of Python 2 is declining as it’s not actively
> developed, doesn’t get new features, and its maintenance is going to be
> stopped in 2020 [2]. Python 3 is a strong leader with 75% and Python 2 is
> used as the main interpreter by only 25% (rapidly declining) [3]. So I'm
> leaning towards supporting 3.4+ (the oldest active 3.x version). However, I
> would keep the 2.7 in mind for API design.
>
> I hope it makes sense.
>
> Thanks,
> p.
>
> [1] http://php.net/supported-versions.php
> [2] https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/
> [3] https://www.jetbrains.com/research/python-developers-survey-2017/
>
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 6:21 AM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Pavel,
> >
> > Can you suggest what would be the advantages and disadvantages of
> > supporting different versions?
> >
> > D.
> >
> > On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 7:21 AM, Pavel Petroshenko <
> pavel@petroshenko.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Igniters,
> > >
> > > Are there any strong opinions on which language versions should the
> Thin
> > > Clients written in Python and PHP support? Any objections to using PHP
> > 7.1+
> > > and Python 3.5+?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > p.
> > >
> >
>

Re: PHP/Python versions for Thin Clients

[Pavel Petroshenko <pa...@petroshenko.com>]

Hi Dmitriy,

PHP 5.6 and 7.0 are going to be end-of-life shortly [1]. So the minimal
version for the Thin Client is going to be either 7.1 or 7.2 (I would
finalize this along with the PHP Thin Client API proposal).

As for Python, there is still some legacy code on 2.7, the oldest active
2.x version. However the use of Python 2 is declining as it’s not actively
developed, doesn’t get new features, and its maintenance is going to be
stopped in 2020 [2]. Python 3 is a strong leader with 75% and Python 2 is
used as the main interpreter by only 25% (rapidly declining) [3]. So I'm
leaning towards supporting 3.4+ (the oldest active 3.x version). However, I
would keep the 2.7 in mind for API design.

I hope it makes sense.

Thanks,
p.

[1] http://php.net/supported-versions.php
[2] https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/
[3] https://www.jetbrains.com/research/python-developers-survey-2017/


On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 6:21 AM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>
wrote:

> Pavel,
>
> Can you suggest what would be the advantages and disadvantages of
> supporting different versions?
>
> D.
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 7:21 AM, Pavel Petroshenko <pa...@petroshenko.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Igniters,
> >
> > Are there any strong opinions on which language versions should the Thin
> > Clients written in Python and PHP support? Any objections to using PHP
> 7.1+
> > and Python 3.5+?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > p.
> >
>

Re: PHP/Python versions for Thin Clients

[Dmitriy Setrakyan <ds...@apache.org>]

Pavel,

Can you suggest what would be the advantages and disadvantages of
supporting different versions?

D.

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 7:21 AM, Pavel Petroshenko <pa...@petroshenko.com>
wrote:

> Igniters,
>
> Are there any strong opinions on which language versions should the Thin
> Clients written in Python and PHP support? Any objections to using PHP 7.1+
> and Python 3.5+?
>
> Thanks,
>
> p.
>