On Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at 16:04, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > But XML parsing is such an integral part of PHP, that this absolutely > should be in core. For many users, if it's not in core, they can't use > it. Or at least that used to be a big problem.
Is XML parsing such an integral part of PHP in 2024? Debatable. And I am very much aware that not having extension bundled used to be an issue as hosting providers would not install PECL extensions. But we are working in a different environment today. > > > Having added support for PIE for ext/csv, which was very easy, [2] I > > hope when this tool is finally ready, and we ditch PECL, we will start > > unbundling extensions so that they are not constrained by the PHP > > Engine release cycle. > > > I believe that that is a decision for internals, not just "we". We are on the internals mailing list, obviously "we" refers to internals here. Best regards, Gina P. Banyard
