Indeed, I am indeed a bit salty about the closed PHP 8 issue at GitHub ( #40241), with the comment “No need to continue in here. PHP 8.x will come these days…”
If ownCloud really wants to add PHP 8 instead of letting it die and wait for people to switch to NextCloud, I expect them to do the following:
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Don’t close GitHub issues mentioning PHP 8 !!! Just by closing your eyes (or closing the GitHub issue), the problem won’t go away. Only close if the bug is FIXED or if it WONT FIX (forever). If it is on your TODO list, leave it open!
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Even if you can’t do the full PHP 8 compatibility yet, you can still try to do it “step by step”, e.g. start by changing the curly braces around the strings.
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Why not create a GIT branch “PHP 8” where PHP 8 is developed step by step. I am sure a lot of people (including me) would like to contribute to it. Accept pull-requests, and then the PHP 8 compatibility will come through the community. Once you are happy with the compatibility, merge the branch in the main code base.
It’s so easy…
By the way… how can I update my ownCloud 10.13 to Nextcloud? Nextcloud only seems to accept OwnCloud 10.11 for upgrading.