Re: What to do with ext/snmp?
| From: | Gina P. Banyard | Date: | Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:15:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: What to do with ext/snmp? | ||
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On Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at 16:04, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:
> But XML parsing is such an integral part of PHP, that this absolutely
> should be in core. For many users, if it's not in core, they can't use
> it. Or at least that used to be a big problem.
Is XML parsing such an integral part of PHP in 2024? Debatable.
And I am very much aware that not having extension bundled used to be an issue as hosting providers
would not install PECL extensions.
But we are working in a different environment today.
>
> > Having added support for PIE for ext/csv, which was very easy, [2] I
> > hope when this tool is finally ready, and we ditch PECL, we will start
> > unbundling extensions so that they are not constrained by the PHP
> > Engine release cycle.
>
>
> I believe that that is a decision for internals, not just "we".
We are on the internals mailing list, obviously "we" refers to internals here.
Best regards,
Gina P. Banyard