On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com>wrote:
> Hi! > > > http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=136768085009866&w=2 > > This is great but this is not exactly what I'm talking about. There's a > big difference between having an extension that does JSON in PECL and > replacing part of PHP core (and very commonly used part) by something > else. > Well, having the new implementation in PECL is a logical step to publish the code and let people test it. His mail offers (my emphasis): 1/ update existing pecl/json extension > - on pecl for older PHP 5.3 - 5.5 > * - on php-src in master / 5.6 * And while the issue was first reported by Debian, the other distributions share the same concerns. This is why PHP should consider this - because the other parts of the eco-system are already going forward with this. I agree to what you said about a bug not being a discussion. But it was the first try to communicate with the community. Today, I would raise the issue differently, but Remi's mail with the subject of "Proposal: new implementation of JSON extension" should have been a good start. Kaplan
