Re: [RFC][VOTE] Deprecate then Remove Mcrypt Closed (23-6)
| From: | Ferenc Kovacs | Date: | Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:41:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC][VOTE] Deprecate then Remove Mcrypt Closed (23-6) | ||
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Scott Arciszewski <scott@paragonie.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mcrypt-viking-funeral
>
> The tally of closing (2016-03-22T17:00:00) is 23 Yes, 6 No. This is a 79.3%
> favorable response, which exceeds the 2/3 majority by a significant margin.
>
> Thanks to everyone who voted or participated in this discussion.
>
> I've heard and respect some of the objections raised by folks who voted No,
> but moving this liability out of the core into PECL as soon as possible is
> not only a good move for the security of PHP applications, but now we know
> it's the choice the community wants.
>
> As promised, I'll get the E_DEPRECATED patch written soon.
>
> Additionally, I will have a decrypt-only mcrypt polyfill project written
> hopefully before 7.1.0-alpha but definitely before 7.1.0. This will allow
> people to migrate towards something better, e.g.
> openssl_encrypt()/openssl_decrypt().
>
> Scott Arciszewski
> Chief Development Officer
> Paragon Initiative Enterprises <https://paragonie.com>
>
You ignored the voting process and my headsup mail about it, and also
ignored most of the feedback from the replies.
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Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu