On 6 February 2026 23:58:17 GMT, Juliette Reinders Folmer <[email protected]> wrote: >On 5-2-2026 17:00, Larry Garfield wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 11:09 AM, Volker Dusch wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM Larry Garfield <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Where as I would, because we catch flack every version for how many >>>> "small" BC breaks we have. It hinders people's ability to upgrade and >>>> generates bad PR for PHP routinely. >>>> >>>> Majors exist for a reason. >>>> >>> That claim is completely unsubstantiated, doesn't reflect my >>> experienced and researched reality, and feels quite off-topic, given >>> PHP very much allows for this. >> Ask Juliette or MWOP how much the "minor" BC breaks cause them issues. >My ears were burning. And yes, "minor" BC breaks can definitely be hugely >problematic, however, the "BC-break" proposed in this RFC - to me - is not one >in that category. Feels more like a bug-fix.
This is what I've been thinking all along, this is a bug fix. I wasn't quite sure whether this was considered as anything else, and think a lot of time was wasted in this process. Process can be good when it is appropriate, but that line wasn't reached for this bug fix in my opinion. cheers Derick
