On 02/02/2019 14:28, Peter Kokot wrote:
About PECL, then I assume we keep it as is for this period also. Unclear, required to install PEAR to be able to run the pecl command, and optionally moving this part elsewhere out of the PHP. Specially, to package maintainers (Linux distros), another repository/project out of the scope of the PHP internals etc.
I have to admit that since nowadays I only install PHP via OpenSUSE, what is in core is not actually relevant to me directly since even the packages that HAVE been dropped from core are still fully supported! BUT many of the people I am supporting are only using Windows so it is nice that there is a tidy path for 'package management'. That has included adding PECL packages in recent years and which was still working nicely. Those people have not upgraded from PHP5 for many reasons and having to address additional changes to a stable windows base is just more blockers to bringing the over 70% of sites that are still on PHP5 forward to PHP7. Especially if other moves make Windows a second class citizen?
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