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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:05:41 +0100
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To: Michael Wallner <mike.php.net@gmail.com>
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	Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Obsolete SAPIs
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Dec 6, 2013 10:01 AM, "Mike" <mike.php.net@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 00:25 -0800, Stas Malyshev wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > >> Time to remove some things in master?
>
> >
> > What "obsolete" means in this case? Doesn't compile? Doesn't work? Works
> > just fine but is missing some features?
> >
>
> Good questions, but obviously nobody can answer them...
>
> If those awkward strangers are eligible to be shipped with the
> distribution, we don't even have to debate about things like bundling
> phpdbg.
>
> Maybe the reporter is just jealous, who knows?

The policy to date was very flexible with SAPIs as one has to enable it.
Whether it is stable, maintained etc never played a big role.

The other argument was that there is no way to distribute sapis outside the
core.

I would prefer to remove dead cows (and this one is definitively one).

Cheers,
Pierre

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