On 02.02.2019 at 16:32, Lester Caine wrote: > 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.
To my knowledge, the official php.net Windows binaries do not contain support for PECL/PEAR, anyway. -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
