Re: ext/imap -> bye bye in PHP 5.6

From: Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:05:37 +0000
Subject: Re: ext/imap -> bye bye in PHP 5.6
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Hi Hannes,

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Hannes Magnusson <
[email protected]> wrote:

> There was a thread in April 2012 about removing ext/imap since
> c-client is dead and has been for a while.
> It has been longer while now, and distros like RHEL-7 have dropped the
> extension completely.
>
> We can't pretend anymore that ext/imap is a _core_ functionality of
> PHP that everyone writing webapps needs. It needs to be removed :)
>
>
> Ferenc, David; What exactly is the procedure for doing that,
> considering 5.6 has shipped its first alpha?
> Remove it from master only, or killing it from 5.6 OK?
>

I'm not against removal of ext/imap from core.

Should removal of ext/imap be documented in 5.5 at least?
It would be better to keep feature after announce at least few
versions. IMHO.

For modules, moving them to PECL is a option and users may
build modules if they really need them. Therefore, immediate removal
would not be a real issue, though.

We are better to have deprecation/removal guideline since
we have similar discussion over and over.

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
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