Changeset 56982

Timestamp:

10/22/2023 09:03:12 AM (14 months ago)

Author:

SergeyBiryukov

Message:

General: Bump the recommended MySQL version in readme.html.

MySQL 5.7 reaches EOL (“End of Life”) in October 2023. The recommended minimum is bumped to 8.0 for now.

References:

• ​MySQL Support Policies
• ​Hosting team handbook: Server Environment: Database

Follow-up to [31291], [33946], [35759], [52420], [52421], [54069].

Props swissspidy, SergeyBiryukov.
See #59701.

Location:

trunk

Files:

• src/readme.html (modified) (1 diff)
• src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php (modified) (1 diff)
• tests/phpunit/tests/readme.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/readme.html

@@ -59 +59 @@
 <ul>
     <li><a href="https://secure.php.net/">PHP</a> version <strong>7.4</strong> or greater.</li>
-    <li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.7</strong> or greater OR <a href="https://mariadb.org/">MariaDB</a> version <strong>10.4</strong> or greater.</li>
+    <li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>8.0</strong> or greater OR <a href="https://mariadb.org/">MariaDB</a> version <strong>10.4</strong> or greater.</li>
     <li>The <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a> Apache module.</li>
     <li><a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2016/12/moving-toward-ssl/">HTTPS</a> support.</li>

trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php

@@ -18 +18 @@
     private $mysql_server_version        = '';
     private $mysql_required_version      = '5.5';
-    private $mysql_recommended_version   = '5.7';
+    private $mysql_recommended_version   = '8.0';
     private $mariadb_recommended_version = '10.4';
 

trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/readme.php

@@ -49 +49 @@
          * Per https://www.mysql.com/support/, Oracle actively supports MySQL releases for 5 years from GA release.
          *
-         * The currently recommended MySQL 5.7 branch moved from active support to extended support on 2020-10-21.
-         * As WordPress core is not fully compatible with MySQL 8.0 at this time, the "supported" period here
+         * The currently recommended MySQL 8.0 branch moved from active support to extended support on 2023-04-19.
+         * As WordPress core may not be fully compatible with MySQL 8.1 at this time, the "supported" period here
          * is increased to 8 years to include extended support.
          *
-         * TODO: Reduce this back to 5 years once MySQL 8.0 compatibility is achieved.
+         * TODO: Reduce this back to 5 years once MySQL 8.1 compatibility is achieved.
          */
         $mysql_eol    = gmdate( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( $mysql_matches[1] . ' +8 years' ) );