Check the tools with `exclude-php:8.0` tag

[Pen-y-Fan]

There are 16 tools with exclude-php:8.0 tag.

Each repo has been checked, to create this plan

Name	Excluded from PHP 8.0	Comments	Worth a Try?
analyze	❌	Last PR 4 Dec 2019. Forked project also has no recent activity	❌
box	❌	Add PHP 8 support (#508)	✅
diffFilter	❌	Last PR Oct 2020, composer.json shows "php": ">=7.0",	❌
doctrine-psalm-plugin	❌	composer.json showing "php": ".. ^8",	✅
parallel-lint	❌	README updated 15 Mar 2020 to advise This repository is abandoned. Suggested alternative: https://github.com/php-parallel-lint/PHP-Parallel-Lint > readme states This works from PHP 5.4 to 7.4	❌
paratest	❌	Last PR 5 days ago, composer.json "php": " .. ^8.0",	✅
php-coupling-detector	❌	Last PR 4 Jan 2021 to add PHP 8 #62, composer.json "php": ">=7.2",	✅
php-formatter	❌	Last PR 31 Dec 2017.	❌
phpat	❌	Last PR 28 Dec 2020. composer.json "php": "^7.2",	❌
phpDocumentor	❌	Last PR 22 Feb 2021 (Yesterday). composer.json "php": "... ^8.0",	✅
phpinsights	❌	Last PR 9 days ago (14 Feb 2021) composer.json "php": ".. ^8.0",	✅
phpmnd	❌	Last PR 27 days ago (25 Jan 2021) composer.json "php": "^7.1",	❌
phpunit-5	❌	Last PR for 5.7.27 was 1 Feb 2018	❌
phpunit-7	❌	composer.json for 7.5.20 locked at "php": "^7.1",, a fork used by Silverstripe may work: sminnee/phpunit	❓
rector	❌	Last PR today 23 Feb 2021. php: .. ^8.0	✅
roave-backward-compatibility-check	❌	Last PR 5 days ago (18 Feb 2021), composer.json "php": "^7.4.7",	❌

Summary

• ✅ 7 worth a try
• ❌ 8 no activity or locked to PHP 7
• ❓ 1 is possible by using a fork.

The next step is to remove the tag and see if the build passes.

Edit: php-formatter should be ❌

[Pen-y-Fan]

Summary:

• 4 passed: box, doctrine-psalm-plugin, php-coupling-detector & rector
• 3 failed: paratest, phpDocumentor & phpinsights

[Pen-y-Fan]

paratest has released v6,2,0, but not as a phar file, possibly it can be installed from the github repo. composer require --dev brianium/paratest

phpDocumentor has a dev-master / 3.0.x-dev branch with PHP ^8.0. PHP 8 tests are passing, it is Scrutinizer that failed.

phpinsights has dev-master branch with PHP ^8.0

[Pen-y-Fan]

phpunit-7 is available via composer require sminnee/phpunit I can't see a phar version.

sminnee is the CEO of Silverstripe, who supply the Silverstripe CMS to the New Zealand government.

[jakzal]

Great work!

[jakzal]

phpunit-7 is available via composer require sminnee/phpunit I can't see a phar version.

Since newer versions of phpunit are there, I don't think we need to worry about phpunit-7.

[jakzal]

We need to re-evaluate the list. I only quickly looked at a few packages and rebased/merged some PRs.

From what I looked at:

• Let's drop analyze as soon as we drop PHP 7.4
• php-formatter doesn't seem to be maintained. It will be dropped naturally once we drop all PHP versions it supports.
• phpat Support PHP 8 and its new features carlosas/phpat#148
• PHP 8.0 and PHP 8.1 support, BetterReflection 5.x upgrade Roave/BackwardCompatibilityCheck#324
• Let's replace https://github.com/JakubOnderka/PHP-Parallel-Lint with https://github.com/php-parallel-lint/PHP-Parallel-Lint