| Krinkle added a comment. |
I agree that non-static state and active maintenance are desirable traits. I haven't recently checked either library for those aspects, but I trust @BPirkle and @Tgr that Guzzle is better in that regard.
I'd like to instead provide feedback on another aspect: Stability.
Stability
Being part of WordPress has a very strong benefit with regards to stability. In particular:
- WordPress is very serious about backwards compatibility.
- WordPress is very serious about PHP compatibility.
This means we can be reasonably certain that we can always use the latest stable version of the library, with upstream support for any issues that may arise in either its public interface or compatibility with any of the PHP versions MediaWiki supports.
It also means there likely isn't going to be a major release any time soon that would drop support for a PHP version we support, or that would make a breaking change in its public interface. This reduces the chances of getting stuck with an older or unsupported version.
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