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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:37:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate PEAR/PECL & Replace with composer/pickle
From: davey@php.net (Davey Shafik)

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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:57 PM, James Gilliland <neclimdul@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:33 PM Davey Shafik <me@daveyshafik.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi internals,
> >
> > I'd like to introduce a new RFC to deprecate pear/pecl (in 7.2, and
> remove
> > in 8.0), as well as add composer/pickle (optional in 7.2, default in
> 7.3+)
> > in their place.
> >
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-pear-include-composer
> >
> > I highly recommend reading the twitter poll and accompanying thread at
> > https://twitter.com/dshafik/status/756337267547832320
> >
> > I believe that pickle solves the issues with regards to pecl, and have
> run
> > the idea passed Jordi and Pierre. Both are fine with this RFC. :)
> >
> > I understand that adding in composer/pickle is just setting us up for
> > having a future "Deprecate composer/pickle & Replace with foo/bar" RFC,
> so
> > I've proposed the voting reflect that some people will just want to
> > deprecate/remove pear/pecl and not replace them at all.
> >
> > I'm also proposing voting choices around the optional/default
> introduction
> > of composer/pickle.
> >
> > - Davey
> >
> Will composer/pickle address the unsolved PHP compatibility issue that
> makes pecl a pain following the PHP 7 release?
>

Which, exactly?

- Davey

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