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Subject: package.xml files in core extensions
From: sobak@php.net (Maciej Sobaczewski)

Hello,

I wonder if package.xml files in core extensions still serve their 
purpose and therefore are needed. As written in message of commit 
introducing them [1]:

> Adding a package.xml to a bundled extension does not only
> ease the transition to PECL whereever suitable but also
> allows to build and install an extension as "shared" using
> the PEAR installer without having to deal with phpize and
> friends by hand

Is that still a case? Most (if not any) of these files are not up to 
date and some extensions (e.g. gettext, reflection etc) doesn't have 
them. By that, I suppose they are not used. Can they be removed?

Cheers,
Maciej.

[1]: 
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/eeb172b29f65b9a340638b7096b6dd82399b4562