Re: mcrypt extermination plan

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Lior Kaplan <lior.k@zend.com> wrote: > On Jan 7, 2016 6:59 PM, "Remi Collet" <remi@fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Le 07/01/2016 17:54, Scott Arciszewski a écrit : >> > All, >> > >> > I propose the following timeline to give ext/mcrypt the viking >> > funeral it deserves: >> > >> > PHP 7.1 - all mcrypt functions raise E_DEPRECATED PHP 8.0 - remove >> > ext/mcrypt, only make it available through PECL >> >> Big +1. >> >> We need to solve this chicken and eggs issue. >> People use it because it exists. >> It still exists because people still use it. > > Why not move it to pecl as part on 7.1 ? > > Kaplan I'd love that, personally. Another idea might be E_DEPRECATED in 7.1 and PECL-only in 7.1+1 (whether that's 7.2 or 8.0). Scott Arciszewski Chief Development Officer Paragon Initiative Enterprises <https://paragonie.com>