Changeset 56982 for trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/readme.php

Timestamp:

10/22/2023 09:03:12 AM (11 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.

File:

• trunk/tests/phpunit/tests/readme.php (modified) (1 diff)

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' ) );