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Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 08:54:35 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] `COM_RESET_CONNECTION` support in `mysqlnd`
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From: eric.t.norris@gmail.com (Eric Norris)

> This would effectively be two competing RFCs and that could work with
> our voting policy. One possible issue is that folks might be biased
> against voting for the upgrade if there is the INI escape hatch. I
> really don't like the extra maintenance effort (e.g. duplicate code
> paths that no one is going to test) of the INI. I generally think an
> opinionated RFC by a subject matter expert (i.e. you :-)) is stronger
> than one that leaves every decision up to the voters.

Fair enough! I'll see where the discussion goes and use that to inform
my decision, but stick with a single vote for now.

> IMO it should be a vote for the increased minimum version with a good
> argument as to why this increased minimum version is useful,
> specifically =E2=80=9Cmore predictable behavior for persistent connection=
s,
> because any per-connection state can cleanly be reset=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=
=9Csupport for
> C11 in autotools, which already is the documented minimum in
> https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/8d0777e88b8494807727fc57c148c2497976e=
ff5/CODING_STANDARDS.md?plain=3D1#L12,
> but folks will only notice if compilation fails halfway through=E2=80=9D.

That makes sense to me. That said, I don't personally have anything
more to say about the autoconf change, other than "it sounds like a
good idea." I will need you or someone (Peter Kokot?) who is more
knowledgeable about autoconf and the build system to write that
section if we're going to make this a combined RFC.