RE: [PHP-DEV] Filter Vote

On Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 7:52 PM Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > A good deal of time has passed and it seems Derick and Pierre > are no closer to the consensus about the filter extension and > in the meantime 5.2 release process is stalling. At this > point I think as the Release Manager I need make a decision > on how to proceed. Before I make a decision I'd like to hear > some feedback from other developers and users of PHP on what > they think. > > The current options are: > > [ ] Indefinitely delay 5.2 release until filter issue can be resolved. > [ ] Remove filter from PHP 5.2 and hope that some near-future > release will re-introduce it [ ] Go with what we have right > now, and if filter developers want to make changes they'll > need to do so in a manner backwards compatible to the current code. > > Personally, I'd prefer to take filter out entirely from the 5.2 tree. If the filter extension goes in now and remains marked 'experimental', making changes that break BC is moot - that's why it's marked experimental and the docs explain that _very_ clearly - things can and probably will change. IMHO, it should go in as is and the 5.2 cycle resumed and completed. If the guys needed another few days to arrive at a concensus I would consider that a fair price to pay in order to mitigate BC breaks in the future, but that additional delay would be at your discretion of course. Best Regards Mike Robinson -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006