Re: PHP 5
| From: | Shane Caraveo | Date: | Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:56:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 5 | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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> >1. Namespaces: we should migrate our current naming scheme to a
> >namespace-based one. HTML_Form becomes HTML::Form, and so on. This can
> >not be done in a portable way without automatically converting files, or
> >something like that. We could provide a code "downgrading" tool
> >converting from PHP 5 to PHP 4 syntax, and integrate it in either the
> >packaging or installation process.
>
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> >And the $10,000 question: how much work should we put into giving people
> >a smooth migration path? I would like to get everyone running PHP 5
> >ASAP, but this is of course utopic.
>
Why not do a PEARv4 and PEARv5. The stuff distributed with php 4 is
minimal compared to what is in cvs. That way all the currently
non-distributed stuff can focus soley on v5.
Shane