Re: [PHP-DEV] SNMP RFC amendments and clarification

Hi

On 2026-08-21 14:23, Gina P. Banyard wrote:
> The following RFC https://wiki.php.net/rfc/snmp_improvements_2026 
> stipulated that the proposed PHP versions for this RFC are: "Next 
> stable release for all currently supported PHP versions."
> 
> This goes against our policy regarding versioning 
> (https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/release-process.rst#patch-version-number).
> 
> As such these changes will *only* land in PHP 8.6.
> 
> Moreover, I suggested replacing the new integer constants for the 
> "Implement more MIB parsing and value output controls" part of the RFC 
> by PHP enums to improve type safety from the userland perspective.
> I think this is an improvement on multiple levels as it also 
> effectively "translates" the C enums defined by SNMP to PHP enums 
> exposed to userland.
> 
> The plan is to have this merged in time for PHP 8.6.0beta2 so people 
> can test this.

Thank you. Both amendments make sense do me.

Can you (or Steven) shortly mention the changes in an Errata section in 
the RFC so that it's clear to everyone reading the RFC that the final 
version differs from what was being voted on? See 
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/partial_function_application_v2#errata or 
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/redact_parameters_in_back_traces#errata as an 
example.

The “Status: Accepted” at the top RFC could be updated to “Implemented” 
at the same time.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus