Re: Was removing major version from apache module a mistake?
| From: | Dan Muey | Date: | Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:23:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Was removing major version from apache module a mistake? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> On Nov 10, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Dan Muey <dan@cpanel.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Was removing the major version from apache module done on purpose or did it just kind of happen
> (kind of feels like an afterthought since it isn’t listed under “Backward Incompatible
> Changes”)?
>
> We ask because cPanel relies on the major-version pattern of the last 25 years and, while
> changing it in future versions is possible, it will be an expensive change and users on older
> versions will be left out in the cold. The situation it causes where similarly expressed by the
> first sentence in https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78681
> <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78681>
>
> Any chance of reverting that change? If not, we’ll most likely be retiring DSO from PHP 8 on.
> I will send a link with more details later today in case it helps.
Here is that link I promised that contains more details:
https://github.com/CpanelInc/ea-php80/blob/master/DESIGN.dso.md
<https://github.com/CpanelInc/ea-php80/blob/master/DESIGN.dso.md>
Thanks 👍
> Thanks!
>
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> Dan Muey—cPanel