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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 8.3.11 Released
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From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On 31 August 2024 17:56:08 BST, "Christoph M=2E Becker" <cmbecker69@gmx=2Ed=
e> wrote:
>On 31=2E08=2E2024 at 18:05, Jakub Zelenka wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 2:59=E2=80=AFPM Christoph M=2E Becker <cmbecker=
69@gmx=2Ede>
>> wrote:
>>
>> There is a note in NEWS about the revert=2E I'm not sure if we usually =
do any
>> separate announcement for those kind of things=2E I don't remember any =
such
>> announcement but might be a good idea=2E Although it is really just for
>> packagers so not sure if php=2Enet is the right place=2E Maybe just hav=
ing this
>> discussion here might be enough=2E
>
>Maybe=2E :)  On the other hand, it shouldn't hurt to amend the release
>announcement on php=2Enet with something like the following:
>
>PHP 8=2E3=2E10 introduced an ABI break in the streams layer, which has be=
en
>reverted in PHP 8=2E3=2E11=2E  That means that extensions using the strea=
ms
>layer which have been built for PHP 8=2E3=2E10 must not be used with othe=
r
>PHP 8=2E3 versions, and vice versa, that such extensions built for other
>PHP 8=2E3 versions must not be used with PHP 8=2E3=2E10=2E
>
>And maybe note that Windows (and perhaps some other platforms) are not
>affected by this=2E
>
>Christoph

Shouldn't we have bumped the API number for this? Better safe than sorry=
=2E

And I'm wondering why we have no tests for ABI breaks here? I'm sure that =
I have seen a report (from Remi?) that highlighted these breakages when I w=
as still involved in the mongodb extension=2E=20

cheers
Derick