On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 2:33 PM Davey Shafik <m...@daveyshafik.com> wrote:
> Hi internals, > > I'd like to introduce a new RFC to deprecate pear/pecl (in 7.2, and remove > in 8.0), as well as add composer/pickle (optional in 7.2, default in 7.3+) > in their place. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-pear-include-composer > > I highly recommend reading the twitter poll and accompanying thread at > https://twitter.com/dshafik/status/756337267547832320 > > I believe that pickle solves the issues with regards to pecl, and have run > the idea passed Jordi and Pierre. Both are fine with this RFC. :) > > I understand that adding in composer/pickle is just setting us up for > having a future "Deprecate composer/pickle & Replace with foo/bar" RFC, so > I've proposed the voting reflect that some people will just want to > deprecate/remove pear/pecl and not replace them at all. > > I'm also proposing voting choices around the optional/default introduction > of composer/pickle. > > - Davey > Will composer/pickle address the unsolved PHP compatibility issue that makes pecl a pain following the PHP 7 release?
