Re: [PECL-DEV] Extension php-kafka

So after some discussion, i decided to go with php-simple-kafka-client
which better captures the spirit of this extension.
I also adjusted the current release to be 0.1.0.
Please let me know if you guys have additional input.
Otherwise i'll request a PECL account in the coming week.
Thanks in advance to everybody

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 5:07 PM Nikazu Tenaka <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Sry i het send too early :/
> I am open to other name suggestions if that is still too close / generic.
> I will definitely adjust the release as well (i think it is in the PR as
> well),
> i will hold off for now with merging the PR, if there is a better
> proposal for a name.
> Thanks a lot for your help, i appreciate it a lot and thx for the chat
> room link.
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 5:05 PM Nikazu Tenaka <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot for your input Derick.
>> I totally agree regarding the naming.
>> My proposal would be the project php-kafka to php-kafka-client
>> and the extension name would be kafka_client instead of just Kafka.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 11:54 AM Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Nikazu Tenaka wrote:
>>>
>>> > I am Nick, a contributor to php-rdkafka.
>>> > In discussion with the maintainer, we found that we have
>>> > different philosophies where the extension should go and how
>>> > it should be maintained.
>>> > This is why i created an alternative with php-kafka that will
>>> > follow a different philosophy and have faster release cycles.
>>> > You can find the source here: https://github.com/php-kafka/php-kafka
>>> >
>>> > I would be grateful if we can also make it available via PECL.
>>>
>>> As promised on Twitter, I've had a look.
>>>
>>> PECL usually frowns upons having two extensions that do the same, which
>>> would be the case here broadly. I personally don't mind having another
>>> kafka extensions, but I do think it is important the the names are not
>>> too similar. There is already quite a bit of confusion with memcache and
>>> memcached. I would suggest to pick a much more distinct name.
>>>
>>> Secondly, As this is a new extension with a new API, I don't think it's
>>> wise to have its first release being 1.0.0. It would mean that you can't
>>> easily tweak, tune, or fix your API unless you bump the major version
>>> number. I would advice to have at least a few 0.x releases, and when you
>>> have users providing feedback then consider bumping it to 1.x in few
>>> months time.
>>>
>>> And lastly, if you want help with implementing the extension, feel free
>>> to chat with us at https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/11/php
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Derick
>>>
>>> --
>>> PHP 7.4 Release Manager
>>> Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news
>>> Like Xdebug? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support
>>> https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io
>>> twitter: @derickr and @xdebug
>>>
>>