# What to do with ext/imap?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/110429
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/110429
- Started by Christoph M. Becker on 2020-06-08T16:15:00+00:00
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## #110429 — Christoph M. Becker — 2020-06-08T16:15:00+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/110429#110429

Hi all,

I'm wondering what to do with ext/imap, which uses libc-client which had
its latest release (2007f) in 2011.  There is a respective feature
request in the bug tracker (<https://bugs.php.net/78572>) where some
ideas have been discussed, but apparently, not much happened for a
while, and since feature freeze for PHP 8.0 is approaching, I wanted to
bring this issue up on the mailing list.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Christoph

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## #110430 — G. P. B. — 2020-06-08T16:21:45+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/110429#110430 · In reply to: #110429

> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering what to do with ext/imap, which uses libc-client which had
> its latest release (2007f) in 2011.  There is a respective feature
> request in the bug tracker (<https://bugs.php.net/78572>) where some
> ideas have been discussed, but apparently, not much happened for a
> while, and since feature freeze for PHP 8.0 is approaching, I wanted to
> bring this issue up on the mailing list.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Christoph
>
> --
> 
> 
>

Seeing that most core devs seem to prefer the option of sunsetting the
extension, I think this would be the best choice to enact.

Best regards

George P. Banyard

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## #110441 — Peter Stalman — 2020-06-09T08:49:28+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/110429#110441 · In reply to: #110429

We use the extension in several projects, and looking at packagist, all the
imap packages use it.

I wasn't even aware of the horde imap client mentioned in the link (5 stars
on GitHub, not on packagist).  I think there should be a long deprecation
period before it was removed, which would give time for a polyfill package
to spring up.

Thanks,
Peter



> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering what to do with ext/imap, which uses libc-client which had
> its latest release (2007f) in 2011.  There is a respective feature
> request in the bug tracker (<https://bugs.php.net/78572>) where some
> ideas have been discussed, but apparently, not much happened for a
> while, and since feature freeze for PHP 8.0 is approaching, I wanted to
> bring this issue up on the mailing list.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Christoph

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## #110442 — Remi Collet — 2020-06-09T09:01:59+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/110429#110442 · In reply to: #110429

Le 08/06/2020 à 18:15, Christoph M. Becker a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm wondering what to do with ext/imap, which uses libc-client which had
> its latest release (2007f) in 2011.  There is a respective feature
> request in the bug tracker (<https://bugs.php.net/78572>) where some
> ideas have been discussed, but apparently, not much happened for a
> while, and since feature freeze for PHP 8.0 is approaching, I wanted to
> bring this issue up on the mailing list.

IMHO, should be moved to pecl

Remi