Re: quick polls for 5.3

[snip] > 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 (go ahead, let them shoot in foot) > 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 > II) also enable ext/mysql, mysqli und pdo_mysql by default since there > will be no external dependencies in this case +0 to both (don't care) > 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 Thanks, Elizabeth Smith