After the latest weekly on git (110105) there's the new feature that looks for php 5.3.3, however there seems to be some ambiguity from the tracker ticket (MDL-25186):
While PHP 5.2.8 is the hard (required) min version to run Moodle 2.0, I think it could be interesting to add one new environmental test to be executed on each install / upgrade:
- Create it as custom and optional check.
- Make it look for PHP 5.3.3
- If the test pass, remain hidden.
- If the test fails, inform about the benefits (memory/speed/security) of using PHP 5.3
- Make the test available also in 19_STABLE (but apply it only to 2.0 version)
So my question is, is the environment truly recommening 5.3.3, or is it recommending 5.3.x? - The reason being that Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS Universe is on 5.3.2, so moving to 5.3.3 to be with the recommended settings is a much bigger deal than just doing an aptitude update.