Hi Am 2025-05-07 19:15, schrieb Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]:
There are three "platform dependency" pseudo-packages available for packages to depend on different aspects of Composer's version: https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/composer-platform-dependencies.md If these didn't seem suitable, they could add another, like "composer-autoloader".
Thank you, I stand corrected. `composer-runtime-api` appears appropriate based on the description.
I think "autoloading tools and conventions would need to adapt" is definitely a cost to be weighed against the benefit, but not a blocker in itself.
Yes, even with the support for these pseudo-packages, every author would need to remember to add those dependencies, which definitely has a cost on the entire ecosystem.
Best regards Tim Düsterhus
