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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:55:16 +0000
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To: Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] PHP 5.7
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi Matteo,

> On 16 Dec 2014, at 07:52, Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com> wrote:
>=20
> On 16/12/2014 05:07, Xinchen Hui wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>>> Good evening,
>>>=20
>>> There has been some debate about whether to make =E2=80=9CPHP 5.7". =
I have made a very simple RFC. It proposes a final minor version of PHP =
5, PHP 5.7, to be released at the same time as PHP 7, with no new =
features whatsoever.
>>>=20
>> I am wondering why we need that?  no new features....
>>=20
>> I think we can extend 5.6 release cycle to avoid that..
>=20
> I tend to agree with Xinchen here. A new minor release just to =
introduce a few deprecation messages? It sounds like a lot of work (it =
also need to be maintained) for little gain.

There should be very little work necessary. Deprecations are easy, and =
the changeset from 5.6 should be tiny at best. The only significant =
extra work is the added year of maintenance for the PHP 5 line.

> I think that doesn't also match the plans of other (accepted?) RFCs =
that were targeted for 5.7. I think I've seen it many times.

Could you tell me which RFCs targeted 5.7 and didn=E2=80=99t just add =
deprecation notices? I=E2=80=99m unaware of any.

Thanks.
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Andrea Faulds
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