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This version is not getting security fixes anymore since August 2014, so supporting users in continuing to use it is bad.\r\n\r\nThere was some talk about dropping PHP 5.3 AND 5.4 support for MediaWiki itself (since WMF finally moved away from 5.3 with HHVM). If that happens, we can do that as well.\r\n\r\nSee also:\r\n\r\n* [Why to not support 5.3 and 5.4](http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2014/12/on-php-version-requirements.html)\r\n* [MW version lifecycle](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle)\r\n* [MW PHP compatibility](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Software_required_to_run_MediaWiki)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/comments/178587878","html_url":"https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698#issuecomment-178587878","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/698","id":178587878,"user":{"login":"JeroenDeDauw","id":146040,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146040?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw","html_url":"https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JeroenDeDauw/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-02T14:08:06Z","updated_at":"2016-02-02T14:08:06Z","body":"MW master just dropped 5.3 and 5.4 support."}}