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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 16:14:52 +0700
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To: Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][VOTE] Removal of dead or not yet PHP7 ported
 SAPIs and extensions
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> However, I totally fail to understand your reasoning. We know both
>> libraries are dead. ext/Imap is almost not used anymore by any major
>
>
> What you mean by "major tool relying on imap"? I've used ext/imap
> multiple times in the past, and I know others do too. Of course, there
> are different libraries, so what - there are also libraries that support
> HTTP or JSON, that's not the reason to remove HTTP or JSON support from
> PHP.
>
>> tool relying on imap, Which appealing reasons do you have to force us
>> to have to maintain them for the next decade?
>
> The same reason as for other things - it is useful and being used. If
> you have reasons why not, I'm fine with considering them, but so far it
> has been a bit vague. The fact that the library is not updated doesn't
> mean it doesn't work. If it doesn't work - fine, let's see where it
> doesn't work and decide then.

ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap

last release: 7/23/11

Now, considering its status (read: it is dead since 4 years), the way
it works (you know it kills the process on some error right? f.e.)
along other bugs (check the imap various support questions etc), and
you still all good to keep it around for the next decade? Fine. It is
in voting, so let see the results and move on. I however consider this
as an extremely bad decision. But I do not care enough to battle it to
death. Waste of time to argue about that.


-- 
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org