RE: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Deprecate and remove calls from incompatible context
| From: | Zeev Suraski | Date: | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:47:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Deprecate and remove calls from incompatible context | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre.php@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 5:46 PM
> To: Zeev Suraski
> Cc: Alan Knowles; Gustavo Lopes; PHP Internals
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Deprecate and remove calls from
incompatible
> context
>
> hi Zeev,
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
>
> > Can you explain why you think it's a major BC break? The RFC
> > suggested that the BC break would be minimal and that the likelihood a
> > lot of people used it is very low. If you think differently and share
> > it it might put it in a different light.
>
> Problem is that we do not allow BC break in 5.5, at all, minor or not.
> Minor vs major BC is all relative, a minor BC for someone can create
large issues
> for someone else, that's why we do not allow BC, in general. Killing
some
> outdated "security" features however may fit better, but I am really not
sure
> this one is worse the risk.
What does it mean then? That implementing this RFC waits for 6.0 or that
it was invalid in the first place?
Zeev