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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:29:26 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] quick polls for 5.3
From: shadda@gmail.com (Matt Wilson)

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On Nov 12, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> here are a few questions that need to be answered ASAP.
>
> If at all possible keep your votes as short as possible. I think all  
> of the above topics have been discussed quite a lot on the list. So  
> I hope voters can spare the list needless repetition. Instead if you  
> think that a topic needs to be discussed, put a short note in your  
> vote under the given topic. If a number of people also think the  
> topic needs more discussion, then we can open a new thread dedicated  
> to this topic later this week.
>
> 1) ext/mhash in 5.3. ext/hash has all the functions, so the entire  
> BC break will be that "if (extension_loaded('mhash'))" will need  
> fixing if mhash is removed (answer both)
> I) enable ext/hash by default
> II) remove ext/mhash
+1 for both
>
>
> 2) deprecate ereg*. ext/ereg is an extension as of PHP 5.3. Since  
> ext/ereg is more or less redundant with ext/preg and is likely to  
> not get much unicode love for PHP 6, the question is if we should  
> mark it with a E_DEPRECATED in PHP 5.3
>
+1

> 3) resource constants (choose one)
> a) Should we deprecate constant resources (mostly used to emulate  
> STDIN and friends)
> b) Should we instead just throw an E_STRICT
> c) Document as is
>
-1, keep as is

> 4) keep ext/phar enabled by default in 5.3?
>
-1
> 5) keep ext/sqlite3 enabled by default in 5.3?
>
-1
> 6) enable mysqlnd by default in 5.3? (answer both)
> I) enable mysqlnd by default
> II) also enable ext/mysql, mysqli und pdo_mysql by default since  
> there will be no external dependencies in this case
>
-1 to both

> 7) should Output buffering rewrite MFH? this one comes with some  
> baggage, we need enough people to actually have a look at how things  
> are in HEAD and make it clear that they will be available for bug  
> fixing and BC issues resolving. the risk here is obviously that any  
> BC issues will be hard to isolate for end users.
>
no opinion

> 8) MFH mcrypt cleanups in HEAD. either the make sense or they dont,  
> so either (choose one)
> a) revert in HEAD
> b) MFH to 5.3
>
+1 to B

> regards,
> Lukas Kahwe Smith
> mls@pooteeweet.org
>
>
>
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