OpenCart 3.0.x.x PHP versions support

We have discussed on github whether to update some of system/storage/vendor libraries, to have support for the latest PHP 8.4 version. This would affect the 3.0.x.x branch of OpenCart, starting with upcoming 3.0.4.2. But as it turns out, not all 3rd party vendor libraries are able to support both PHP 7.4 and all of the PHP 8.0 to 8.4 versions at the same time. E.g., the latest twig/twig package, while supporting PHP 8.4, has dropped support for PHP 8.1 or lower.

This means, we have have to drop support for older PHP versions such as 7.x or 8.0 in future OpenCart 3.0.x.x releases.

Any thoughts on this? What do you think? How should we proceed?

Could upgrade Twig to 3.11.3. There is a 3.11.x on GitHub branch that suggests it supports PHP 7.4 to 8.4 and also the latest security patches.