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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] ext/dba: drop support for Berkeley DB < 4
From: kalle@php.net (Kalle Sommer Nielsen)

Hi Christoph

Den l=C3=B8r. 6. okt. 2018 kl. 15.50 skrev Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@=
gmx.de>:
>
> Hi!
>
> ext/dba still supports Berkeley DB 2 and 3, and offers an emulation
> layer for version 1 databases.  However, Berkeley DB 4 has been released
> in 2001, and Berkeley DB 3.3.11, the final release of the 3.XX
> versions[1], has been released on 2001-07-12.  It doesn't seem to make
> much sense to support these old version anymore.
>
> Unless I'm missing something, I suggest to drop support for Berkeley DB
> < 4 as of PHP 7.4.0.
>
> [1]
> <https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/berkeleydb/downloads/index-0=
82944.html>

I think this is generally a good idea to look at such. Perhaps we
should do a larger, collective effort to get an idea of what things we
support that is way outdated and such and up our requirements at the
same time. There seems to have been a trend in that direction in the
past year or so and I think its way overdue that we begin to remove
crufts like that.

--=20
regards,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net