RE: [PHP-DEV] Fixing bundled extension version mess

On Apr 15, 2015 6:01 PM, "François Laupretre" <francois@php.net> wrote: > > > De : Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre.php@gmail.com] > > > > What do you think to simply use the PHP version number instead of some > > outdated (most of the time) version for all bundled extensions? > > As the idea is that extensions available externally are supposed to change more often than the bundled version, why wouldn't we add a fourth number to their version ? By definition, version X.Y.Z.0 would correspond to the version distributed with PHP X.Y.Z. Again, if an extension is bundled and released outside, it should be updated to match the version used for the external release, same code base, same version. No need to over complicate it. > Also : > > - When we distribute the same extension code with PHP 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6, what is the version we set for this code in pecl ? Will we have to create 3 branches, just for versions ? > > - If a new PHP version is released, do we need to change the extension version even if the code was not modified ? > > Regards > > François >