Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:63877 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 54005 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2012 00:41:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Nov 2012 00:41:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=adam@adamharvey.name; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=adam@adamharvey.name; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain adamharvey.name designates 209.85.214.170 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: adam@adamharvey.name X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.214.170 mail-ob0-f170.google.com Received: from [209.85.214.170] ([209.85.214.170:38904] helo=mail-ob0-f170.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 93/65-10194-D4A34A05 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:41:49 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id wp18so1193831obc.29 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:41:46 -0800 (PST) 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; bh=O2PNN5ab+vF+2QS8h2iWouOUgWw0Vq5ggMmzroWP34Q=; b=qHmMnIM/O4iUJfM9BhRsr2TV+v9TpbHQK5FR/azxcSK8ehsStgoT6u8IQ6AoFzPe2x yFNGeZUFmayW5jAjW0mqEk02o3+OVoXEo7NSPGGgBsnBbbFtm8rdorIZn1rBvSV3NUMt Mxs75LtRBaZOk8eKHZyWzvIcdjzmBNVTsa9+U= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=O2PNN5ab+vF+2QS8h2iWouOUgWw0Vq5ggMmzroWP34Q=; b=RQTrJ4/0mzyyyN0OOi5xP9bIvTk8zXqK1hS5l4IMpuCLxNJWyBwKNV/+HabbLGJy7m u4KsERDIipBW+eGTjF5vqFTnPnFlLOHpeaNc5Lq1o/mkRJGcJuC154a3BWXeqcKGhdFd XvPZGFt6umleX2rwgh/XcHab2lTcvp+CgW67Hdkz6eSkzz6V+yaU1a5+RreFw+Go71T9 VdSoJhHGjJvgwjIaFhuC+ZZQ+zbjON6VkByW26kX42AtR7DOn8gG6ViZYaxh+Tgkh4FX SagmHXUIZn/Ya0KrTadfnwIH9CSXX/9w0+GU8G0xUERpTlyrxug9R4fmB8//xjcgdFCy 9CXw== Received: by 10.60.32.178 with SMTP id k18mr22250010oei.8.1352940106395; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:41:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adam@adamharvey.name Received: by 10.76.123.75 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:41:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <50A10A9D.9070402@oracle.com> <50A1946F.8010407@lerdorf.com> <50A20CCB.8090909@lsces.co.uk> <8A8A29F9E43E417FB5450D63019B2DDB@NeiRoze> <8f4231fc-6e3c-4a33-af71-2af5e7a95dfd@email.android.com> <50A2D672.7010600@gmail.com> <50A30144.5070305@phpgangsta.de> <50A3BEC0.8030607@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:41:25 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: j4uWF4DP--OunILAkFPFZENzPNk Message-ID: To: Devis Lucato Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkE+05pirbEvVwNIp1tZVmY/Xnj30km9JyABg4cFTLKO2Bl+AYXOo50cxnUlskA0s0nQ5BU Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: ext/mysql deprecation From: aharvey@php.net (Adam Harvey) On 15 November 2012 08:36, Devis Lucato wrote: > Sorry if this was already suggested before: for people stuck on legacy > applications and without money to upgrade (e.g. charities, user > groups) a PECL extension would at least provide a way to survive. > Forcing people to upgrade doesn't sound like an improvement but more > of a way to push people away from the language. Shouldn't this kind > of "improvements" belong to major releases ? Usually, when an extension is unbundled from PHP, it gets moved to PECL. Theoretically, if somebody wanted to maintain it there, they could volunteer and do so. Again, though, this is a long way down the road: today's discussion is purely about deprecation. Adam