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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal to unbundle imap/pspell/oci8 extensions for
 PHP 8.4
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, Jakub Zelenka wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023, 14:14 Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
> 
> > The ext/imap extension isn't going to disappear, it is going be 
> > unbundled as we can not guarantee the underlaying library is 
> > maintained. Not only is it no longer maintained, the original 
> > purveyors have removed any mention of it from their website.
> >
> > For most people, there will be little change here. On Debian for 
> > example, "php-<packagename>" is used for both bundled and PECL'ed 
> > extensions.
> >
> 
> Although it's unlikely that it gets any maintainer so it will most 
> likely stop building and won't be available in the future PHP 
> versions. I think we should be clear about this and note that those 
> extensions will no longer be supported by PHP core dev team which 
> likely means their end at some point in the future unless someone 
> steps in to maintain them.

I have added words describing that to the RFC.

cheers,
Derick

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