On 17.11.2020 at 15:23, Dan Muey wrote:

>> On Nov 10, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Dan Muey <d...@cpanel.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Was removing the major version from apache module done on purpose or did it 
>> just kind of happen (kind of feels like an afterthought since it isn’t 
>> listed under “Backward Incompatible Changes”)?
>>
>> We ask because cPanel relies on the major-version pattern of the last 25 
>> years and, while changing it in future versions is possible, it will be an 
>> expensive change and users on older versions will be left out in the cold. 
>> The situation it causes where similarly expressed by the first sentence in 
>> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78681 <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78681>
>>
>> Any chance of reverting that change? If not, we’ll most likely be retiring 
>> DSO from PHP 8 on. I will send a link with more details later today in case 
>> it helps.
>
> Here is that link I promised that contains more details:
>
> https://github.com/CpanelInc/ea-php80/blob/master/DESIGN.dso.md 
> <https://github.com/CpanelInc/ea-php80/blob/master/DESIGN.dso.md>
>
> Thanks 👍

Thanks for pointing out this issue, and the details!

Since we're super late in the pre-release cycle, I don't know what to
say.  Maybe the PHP 8 release managers want to weigh in?

Christoph

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