Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:53873 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 84926 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2011 14:41:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Jul 2011 14:41:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=adam@adamharvey.name; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=adam@adamharvey.name; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain adamharvey.name designates 209.85.210.170 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: adam@adamharvey.name X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.210.170 mail-iy0-f170.google.com Received: from [209.85.210.170] ([209.85.210.170:36682] helo=mail-iy0-f170.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 6B/71-09103-69B0B1E4 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:41:28 -0400 Received: by iym1 with SMTP id 1so4140657iym.29 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:41:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=adamharvey.name; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MOxGrlivyXeWQBaz9Qq++9zGf+d8sL5wXODEJ7Ih0Vc=; b=wOzdzTtTusSzYSWMjjDCmgDb5LpLnDJbPW5ydkj905A/+v+KrWoMxvwgH+QeWO03DG u8NXoDn8NbBGY6tjMSNuBfgVjAA6rXBoaYHZwEDAynn+U4eKBrmCrdioDF5KPM2xAgHj /Ni/9fhEddaOm6BOH0lIlYJIwoEpc8fboCOTE= Received: by 10.42.150.134 with SMTP id a6mr5676899icw.370.1310395278074; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:41:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adam@adamharvey.name Received: by 10.231.149.75 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:40:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9F1FA580-FD3F-4C3F-9E26-51A095CF6EE9@roshambo.org> References: <9F1FA580-FD3F-4C3F-9E26-51A095CF6EE9@roshambo.org> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:40:58 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9wp1eJkslD4zZTcS5C7ShbHmKgg Message-ID: To: Philip Olson Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] deprecating ext/mysql From: aharvey@php.net (Adam Harvey) On 11 July 2011 01:03, Philip Olson wrote: > What this means to ext/mysql: > > =C2=A0- Softly deprecate ext/mysql with education (docs) starting today > =C2=A0- Not adding E_DEPRECATED errors in 5.4, but revisit for 5.5/6.0 > =C2=A0- Add pdo_mysql examples within the ext/mysql docs that mimic the c= urrent > =C2=A0 examples, but occasionally introduce features like prepared statem= ents > =C2=A0- Focus energy on cleaning up the pdo_mysql and mysqli documentatio= n > =C2=A0- Create a general "The MySQL situation" document that explains the= situation I'm hugely +1 on this. (Which won't be a shock to anyone on IRC.) It's time to start softening the user base up for the idea that, one day, ext/mysql will in fact go away, and probably won't be terribly mourned. Adam