novius-os/novius-os — pull request #11 by ounziw (2012-12-12 05:02:48+00:00)
Title: only PHP5.3 needs short_open_tag = ON

In PHP5.3, short_open_tag = ON is necessary.

In PHP5.4, as the manual says,
http://php.net/manual/en/migration54.new-features.php