Remove unnecessary exceptions

Co-authored-by: Alain Schlesser <[email protected]>

Author: danielbachhuber

phpcs.xml.dist

@@ -44,37 +44,6 @@
 		 https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility#sniffing-your-code-for-compatibility-with-specific-php-versions -->
 	<config name="testVersion" value="5.6-"/>
 
-	<!-- Verify that everything in the global namespace is either namespaced or prefixed.
-		 The default prefixes `WP_CLI` (for namespaces and classes) and `wpcli` (for variables) are inherited
-		 from the ruleset. This adds one additional allowed prefix specifically for hooks (though
-		 not automatically limited to them).
-		 See: https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/wiki/Customizable-sniff-properties#naming-conventions-prefix-everything-in-the-global-namespace -->
-	<rule ref="WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals">
-		<properties>
-			<property name="prefixes" type="array" extend="true">
-				<element value="cli_"/><!-- Hooks. -->
-			</property>
-		</properties>
-	</rule>
-
-	<!-- Whitelist the Utils\mysql_host_to_cli_args() method.
-		 See: https://github.com/phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility#phpcompatibility-specific-options -->
-	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility.Extensions.RemovedExtensions">
-		<properties>
-			<property name="functionWhitelist" type="array">
-				<element value="mysql_host_to_cli_args"/>
-			</property>
-		</properties>
-	</rule>
-
-	<!-- Allow for back-compat conversion comments to be explained in logical shorthand.
-		 See: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Customisable-Sniff-Properties#squizphpcommentedoutcode -->
-	<rule ref="Squiz.PHP.CommentedOutCode">
-		<properties>
-			<property name="maxPercentage" value="45"/>
-		</properties>
-	</rule>
-
 	<!--
 	#############################################################################
 	SELECTIVE EXCLUSIONS