Re: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.0

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 11:14 AM Nicolas Grekas <nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's that time of year again. Feature freeze is looming, so it's time to >> talk about deprecations! >> >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_0 >> > > Thanks for the RFC. > Would it make sense for you to postpone this for 8.1? > I'm talking with my experience on Symfony here: we decided to give ppl > some rest when they upgrade and always have our *.0 versions > deprecations-free. > Chasing BC breaks is a hard enough task for ppl to upgrade. Adding the > additional step of solving deprecations is extra work that is not needed > yet. I know solving deprecations is optional, but many teams have CI that > fail on deprecations. > > I think it could be nicer to the userland community to have a smother path > here, IMHO. > > Nicolas > I've retargeted this RFC to PHP 8.1 now. These deprecations are not time-critical, there has been little discussion of the deprecations themselves, and we're already in feature freeze induced RFC overload... Nikita