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 -- PECL development discussion Mailing List (https://pecl.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
