Re: quick polls for 5.3

> 1) ext/mhash in 5.3. ext/hash has all the functions, so the entire BC break > will be that "if (extension_loaded('mhash'))" will need fixing if mhash is > removed (answer both) > I) enable ext/hash by default +1 > II) remove ext/mhash +1 > 2) deprecate ereg*. ext/ereg is an extension as of PHP 5.3. Since ext/ereg > is more or less redundant with ext/preg and is likely to not get much > unicode love for PHP 6, the question is if we should mark it with a > E_DEPRECATED in PHP 5.3 +1 > 3) resource constants (choose one) > c) Document as is +1 > 4) keep ext/phar enabled by default in 5.3? +1 > 5) keep ext/sqlite3 enabled by default in 5.3? +1 > 6) enable mysqlnd by default in 5.3? (answer both) > I) enable mysqlnd by default I'd say personally +1 because I have it enabled everywhere already but thinking in a larger user base where not everyone is using mysql I have to say -1 > II) also enable ext/mysql, mysqli und pdo_mysql by default since there will > be no external dependencies in this case +1 if it ends up turned on by default, -1 otherwise. > 7) should Output buffering rewrite MFH? this one comes with some baggage, we > need enough people to actually have a look at how things are in HEAD and > make it clear that they will be available for bug fixing and BC issues > resolving. the risk here is obviously that any BC issues will be hard to > isolate for end users. -1 > 8) MFH mcrypt cleanups in HEAD. either the make sense or they dont, so > either (choose one) > b) MFH to 5.3 +1 -- Slan, David