Re: Remove mysqlnd plugin manuals

On 13.03.2021 at 21:21, Kamil Tekiela wrote:

> I have browsed through PHP manual looking at the mysqlnd plugins. They
> contain some cool ideas and don't really harm anyone but they not are very
> helpful anymore. I assume most PHP users aren't even aware of these
> plugins. They seem to be only dead manual stubs for the most part.
>
> mysqlnd_ms - Maintained by sergiotabanelli on GitHub
> https://github.com/sergiotabanelli/mysqlnd_ms Original:
> https://pecl.php.net/package/mysqlnd_ms
> mysqlnd_qc - PECL page says it is not maintained for the past 7 years. I
> think Sergio tried to fork it but I don't know what is the status.
> https://pecl.php.net/package/mysqlnd_qc
> mysqlnd_uh - It was never released. https://pecl.php.net/package/mysqlnd_uh
> mysqlnd_mux - It was never developed. Only PoC is available.
> mysqlnd_memcache - Released in 2012 but seems to have been abandoned since
> then. https://pecl.php.net/package/mysqlnd_memcache
>
> Most of these plugins are unlikely to work with PHP 8 or even PHP 7 for
> that matter. I propose we remove them from the official PHP manual. If
> anyone ever takes them over, they would need to update the documentation
> anyway. Regarding mysqlnd_ms Sergio seems to have his own documentation on
> GH https://github.com/sergiotabanelli/mysqlnd_ms/blob/master/docs/BOOK.md
> which is different from the original plugin documented on php.net.
>
> If there are any reasons to keep on maintaining these pages in the official
> docs please let me know.

Thanks for bringing this up!  Documentation for extensions which do not
work with PHP 7.0.0 or later should indeed be removed from the manual.
Even though these extension are unmaintained and had no release for
years, are we sure about that?

Regarding mysqlnd_ms: maybe we should try to contact Sergio, asking
whether he likes to take over maintainership of the PECL package?

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Christoph M. Becker