Re: [VOTE] RFC: Multibyte Char Handling

From: Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:56:16 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] RFC: Multibyte Char Handling
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Hi Derick,

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:

> > I've wrote the RFC to compile current mbstring by default at first,
> > but it was withdrawn. The reason why is that mbstring is using LGPLed
> > libraries. As long as it is loaded as shared module, there would not
> > be issue. However, if these are compiled and used statically, LGPL
> > will be effective.
> >
> > To avoid this issue, mbstring would be better to replaced by mbstring-ng
> > and move mbstring to PECL for future release.
> >
> > I'll work on mbstring-ng so that it has all mbstring features. Until
> then,
> > we may have it as EXPERIMENTAL.
>
> We already have intl - why add another mbstring like function thing?


It does not have mbstring features. We need compatible module that
has no license issues. It would be better to create a new module for
this purpose. IMHO.

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
yohgaki@ohgaki.net


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