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Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 23:23:52 +0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Migrating PECL extension : Advice needed
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Jul 6, 2015 11:21 PM, "Pierre Joye" <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2015 11:04 PM, "Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre" <francois@php.net> wro=
te:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I'm currently adapting the 'PHK' PECL extension for PHP 7. I initially
> > wanted to keep a single branch for PHP 5 and PHP 7, and enclose
differences
> > in macros and #ifdef blocks, starting with a backport of zend_string.
> > Unfortunately, PHK interacts a lot with the PHP core and, as changes
> > accumulate, I see my code become less and less readable. So, I now thin=
k
> > I'll have to create a separate branch.
> >
> > As many of you probably had to make the same decision, can you tell me
how
> > you numbered your versions for the 2 parallel branches ? Use a differen=
t
> > major number ? minor number ? same version with different suffixes ?

I forgot to mention that starting with suffices is not going to work well,
not semver and this is a job for a dependency manager. Either using pickle,
PECL or configure.

> Different branches is painful from a release point of view and
development. Except if the exposed APIs are very different it makes little
sense to do it. Same for using different versions for 5.x and 7.x.
>
> I would recommend to use multiple files when the code is getting
unreadable.
>
> > Thanks and regards
> >
> > Fran=C3=A7ois
> >
> >
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