Re: Proposal to unbundle imap/pspell/oci8 extensions for PHP 8.4

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, Jakub Zelenka wrote: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2023, 14:14 Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > > The ext/imap extension isn't going to disappear, it is going be > > unbundled as we can not guarantee the underlaying library is > > maintained. Not only is it no longer maintained, the original > > purveyors have removed any mention of it from their website. > > > > For most people, there will be little change here. On Debian for > > example, "php-<packagename>" is used for both bundled and PECL'ed > > extensions. > > > > Although it's unlikely that it gets any maintainer so it will most > likely stop building and won't be available in the future PHP > versions. I think we should be clear about this and note that those > extensions will no longer be supported by PHP core dev team which > likely means their end at some point in the future unless someone > steps in to maintain them. I have added words describing that to the RFC. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Author of Xdebug. Like it? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news mastodon: @derickr@phpc.social @xdebug@phpc.social twitter: @derickr and @xdebug