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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:17:33 +0700
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To: Sean DuBois <sean@siobud.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP7 PECL Extensions
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Sep 11, 2015 12:14 AM, "Pierre Joye" <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2015 10:32 PM, "Sean DuBois" <sean@siobud.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 03:25:16PM +0100, Joe Watkins wrote:
> > > Afternoon internals,
> > >
> > >     Is there any concrete plan for deploying pecl extensions for PHP7
?
> > >
> > >     Anatol (or anyone), is there any way to get windows ext's built
against
> > > RC's while we're waiting for PECL/pickle/apples/whatever to be sorted
?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Joe
> >
> > Quite a few extensions are being developed via branches now. It sounds
> > like this will be ok if pickle is being used, but should I be worried
> > about causing people headaches before that is ready?

Fixing autocorrect :)

> Branches are releases nightmares if they are all have the same versions,
like all are 1.4.x but only one branch supports 7.

I mean if an extension uses either 1.4 for 5.x and 1.5/2.x for 7 with same
APIs. This is a long term pain from a developer and end user point of view.

> I have asked that some time ago already and pointed out that we should
really support semver and one branch per extension version, not per
supported php version.
>
> > I really don't want to have a bunch of preprocessor use in the
> > extensions I am working on. It makes them harder to maintain, and a lot
> > harder for new contributors.
>
> It is not necessary required, you an email multiple files.

You can use multiple files.

Single branche also helps to ensure APIs compatibility across php versions
(same codename being maintained).
>
>
> > thanks
> >
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