Re: Was removing major version from apache module a mistake?

On 17.11.2020 at 15:23, Dan Muey wrote: >> 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 for pointing out this issue, and the details! Since we're super late in the pre-release cycle, I don't know what to say. Maybe the PHP 8 release managers want to weigh in? Christoph