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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Remove utf8_decode() and
 utf8_encode()
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 16/08/2016 18:15, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> Unless a new active maintainer steps forward, we should consider to move
> ext/xml to PECL, in which case the deprecation of utf8_(en|de)code might
> be unnecessary.

I don't think that really follows at all. Until this week, I had no idea 
that utf8_(en|de)code had anything at all to do with ext/xml, and I can 
pretty much guarantee that the majority of people using them also have 
no idea.

Whether or not we happen to be removing all the functions in an 
extension, before we can move anything to PECL, we still need to 
consider who is using it, and what the appropriate deprecation time 
frame is.

To be honest, I don't think *any* of the functions in that extension can 
be removed without a decent period of deprecation, because however 
horrible and unmaintained they are, they are extremely widely used.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]