Re: [RFC][VOTE] Deprecate then Remove Mcrypt

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 16, 2016 12:22 AM, "Remi Collet" <remi@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > > Le 15/03/2016 17:11, Scott Arciszewski a écrit : > > > Hi PHP team, > > > > > > I've opened the vote on > > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mcrypt-viking-funeral which > > > aims to > > > deprecate ext/mcrypt in PHP 7.1 then remove it in 7.1+1 (i.e. make > > > it only installable via PECL). > > > > > > In the interim, I'll be developing a (MIT licensed) > > > decryption-only userland implementation of the mcrypt ciphers so > > > people can migrate their code towards something better. > > > > > > This vote is opened on March 15th, 2016 and will close March 22th > > > at 17:00 UTC. > > > > > > > +1 from me. > > > > > > Probably you miss keeping mcrypt extension means: > > > > "PHP becomes upstream for libmcrypt" > > > > So, to all people who wote "no", > > please make clear you want to maintain this library. > > +1 here but I wonder why it would be different now than with 7.0 except > introducing a BC in a minor release (7.2)? > > I would still vote +1 while it should be removed with 8.0. > > Cheers > Pierre > ​It won't be "removed" wholesale, it will be punted to PECL like what happened to APC with 5.5. Scott Arciszewski Chief Development Officer Paragon Initiative Enterprises <https://paragonie.com/>​