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Just to let you know, and if your interested, but we are working on developing a fully upgraded version of jShop to php 7.2 It'll be a few weeks yet but we are thinking of releasing it as a working version if anyone is interested. I have spoken to Gareth about it and he is happy for us to complete it
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In regards to the G Man being happy for to push things forward, however am wondering if G Man would be interested in parting with the coded updates for the upgraded Jshop he was working on some years ago to?!?! before he moved on from Jshop somewhat... hmmm