Re: PHP7 PECL Extensions

On Sep 10, 2015 10:32 PM, "Sean DuBois" <sean@siobud.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 03:25:16PM +0100, Joe Watkins wrote: > > Afternoon internals, > > > > Is there any concrete plan for deploying pecl extensions for PHP7 ? > > > > Anatol (or anyone), is there any way to get windows ext's built against > > RC's while we're waiting for PECL/pickle/apples/whatever to be sorted ? > > > > Cheers > > Joe > > Quite a few extensions are being developed via branches now. It sounds > like this will be ok if pickle is being used, but should I be worried > about causing people headaches before that is ready? Branches are releases nightmares if they are all have the same versions, like all are 1.4.x but only one branch supports 7. I have asked that some time ago already and pointed out that we should really support semver and one branch per extension version, not per supported php version. > I really don't want to have a bunch of preprocessor use in the > extensions I am working on. It makes them harder to maintain, and a lot > harder for new contributors. It is not necessary required, you an email multiple files. Single branche also helps to ensure APIs compatibility across php versions (same codename being maintained). > thanks > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >