Composer: improve version constraints for Mockery and improve CI #174
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This commit improves the version constraints for the `mockery/mockery` package by only allowing the highest point release of outdated minors (which are still needed for older PHP versions) and only allowing a wider range of versions for the current minor.
Notes:
* Mockery 1.3.* has a PHP 5.6 minimum with no upper bound
* Mockery 1.4.* has a PHP 7.3 minimum and - as of 1.4.1 - allows for PHP >= 8.0.
* Mockery 1.5.* has a PHP 7.3 minimum and allows for PHP >= 8.0.
* Mockery 1.6.* has a PHP 7.4 minimum and allows for PHP >= 8.0, with 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 explicitly being marked as incompatible with PHP 8.3 or higher.
v1.6.0 also explicitly marks support for PHP <= 8.0 as deprecated, while v1.6.5 brings back support for PHP 7.3.
If we then look at the Mockery changelog:
* Mockery `1.3.6` contains an essential fix for compatibility with PHP 8.2.
* That same fix + an additional 8.2 fix are included in Mockery `1.5.1`, as well a feature support for PHP 8.1 intersection types.
* Mockery `1.6.1` contains feature support for PHP 8.2 stand-alone `null` types, improved handling of PHP 8.1 intersection types and improved handling of dynamic properties (PHP 8.2 deprecation).
* Mockery `1.6.2` contains feature support for PHP 8.0 stand-alone `false` type and PHP 8.2 stand-alone `true` type.
* Mockery `1.6.3` adds support for mocking classes using PHP 8.1 "new in initializers".
* Mockery `1.6.5` adds support for mocking classes using PHP 8.2 disjunctive normal form types.
* Mockery `1.6.10` contains an essential fix for compatibility with PHP 8.4.
Ref: https://github.com/mockery/mockery/blob/1.6.x/CHANGELOG.md
The builds against PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 were so far only run against the "highest" (stable) versions of dependencies due to running the tests with `--prefer-lowest` running into trouble. With the analysis I did for improving the Mockery version constraints in the `composer.json` file as per the previous commit, I've identified Mockery `1.6.10` as the lowest viable version to run the tests with for PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6. This commit changes the workflow to allow a certain form of running against "lowest" dependencies for PHP 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, by explicitly setting the "low" version of Mockery to `1.6.10`.
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Composer: improve version constraints for Mockery
This commit improves the version constraints for the
mockery/mockerypackage by only allowing the highest point release of outdated minors (which are still needed for older PHP versions) and only allowing a wider range of versions for the current minor.Notes:
v1.6.0 also explicitly marks support for PHP <= 8.0 as deprecated, while v1.6.5 brings back support for PHP 7.3.
If we then look at the Mockery changelog:
1.3.6contains an essential fix for compatibility with PHP 8.2.1.5.1, as well a feature support for PHP 8.1 intersection types.1.6.1contains feature support for PHP 8.2 stand-alonenulltypes, improved handling of PHP 8.1 intersection types and improved handling of dynamic properties (PHP 8.2 deprecation).1.6.2contains feature support for PHP 8.0 stand-alonefalsetype and PHP 8.2 stand-alonetruetype.1.6.3adds support for mocking classes using PHP 8.1 "new in initializers".1.6.5adds support for mocking classes using PHP 8.2 disjunctive normal form types.1.6.10contains an essential fix for compatibility with PHP 8.4.Ref: https://github.com/mockery/mockery/blob/1.6.x/CHANGELOG.md
GH Actions: improve test workflow
The builds against PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 were so far only run against the "highest" (stable) versions of dependencies due to running the tests with
--prefer-lowestrunning into trouble.With the analysis I did for improving the Mockery version constraints in the
composer.jsonfile as per the previous commit, I've identified Mockery1.6.10as the lowest viable version to run the tests with for PHP 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6.This commit changes the workflow to allow a certain form of running against "lowest" dependencies for PHP 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, by explicitly setting the "low" version of Mockery to
1.6.10.