RTC Language Change PR-5.4-dev Pending

User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman
31 Jan 2026

Summary of Changes

This removes invalid/outdated information from the error message. It should have been removed when Joomla 4 was released as the conditions that could create the mentioned error (< php 7.4 and Mysql 8) could no longer be matched.

By leaving this part of the message users are directed to an information page on the docs site with complicated instructions that are both no longer valid and very confusing and will NOT be the reason they are having mysql installation issues.

Technically our deprecation rules for language strings would require a completely new string to be added and the code in the installer updated to use the new string and then leave this orphaned string to be removed in joomla 7. I am happy to do that but it seems a pointless exercise to me. I leave that to the maintainers to decide.

Testing Instructions

Just code review

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

Invalid outdated information in the error message

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

Only valid information in the error message

Link to documentations

Please select:

  • Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:

  • No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed

  • Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:

  • No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed

avatar brianteeman brianteeman - open - 31 Jan 2026
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 31 Jan 2026
Status New Pending
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - change - 31 Jan 2026
Category Installation Language & Strings
avatar tecpromotion
tecpromotion - comment - 31 Jan 2026

Thanks @brianteeman

avatar tecpromotion tecpromotion - change - 31 Jan 2026
Status Pending Ready to Commit
Labels Added: Language Change PR-5.4-dev
avatar tecpromotion
tecpromotion - comment - 31 Jan 2026

RTC


This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/46794.

avatar richard67 richard67 - change - 1 Feb 2026
Labels Added: RTC
avatar richard67 richard67 - change - 1 Feb 2026
Status Ready to Commit Fixed in Code Base
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026-02-01 12:40:04
Closed_By richard67
avatar richard67 richard67 - close - 1 Feb 2026
avatar richard67 richard67 - merge - 1 Feb 2026
avatar richard67
richard67 - comment - 1 Feb 2026

Thanks @brianteeman for this PR, and thanks @tecpromotion for review.

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 1 Feb 2026

thanks

Add a Comment

Login with GitHub to post a comment