Re: session_* removal in 5.4

On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:57 PM, JJ wrote: > While looking over the release notes for 5.4a1 > (http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-06-28-1) I noticed that > the related session_* functions had been removed. > > As I interpreted it, this goes against the spirit of the release RFC > for x.y+1.z releases, specifically: > > - Backward compatibility must be kept > - API compatibility must be kept (user land) > > The removal of these functions makes sense (to me) but I think in > order to respect the release RFC we should either: > > a) defer the removal of session_* functions till the appropriate release > b) update the RFC nomeclature to cover this use case (as Florian > pointed out, the current wording leaves it open to interpretation) > > I do realize I'm late to the party (sorry) and I'm not sure if it's > too late to revert course on this specific change...but I think the > session_* removal change will make the upgrade process more difficult > because of its' far-reaching impact. In reality, PHP 5.4 does not follow the aforementioned release RFC as it breaks a lot of BC. It follows part of it, but certainly not all. If the session_* functions are restored due to BC, then a lot of other old stuff will need to follow along. Here are a few options: (A) Rename 5.4 to 6.0 ... :) (B) Remove all BC breaking changes from 5.4 (C) Change the release RFC (addendum?) (D) Mention that 5.4 does not fully follow the release RFC, and why I suspect a version of (D) will be implemented at this point, and 5.4 kinda sorta existed before the RFC. A difficult decision. Regards, Philip