[6.1] upcoming version summary

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First feature release of branch 6.x is scheduled for January 6th, 2022

Will requires at least upcoming php-compatinfo-db 3.17.0 (PHP 7.4+ compatible)

Summary of changes

See also https://github.com/llaville/php-compatinfo/projects/3

Added

• improves output option by introducing Reporter extension (see documentation)
• #312: Add SARIF output format

Changed

• moved Doctrine ORM cli-config.php file from root folder to config/ directory (more sense)

• Support Typed properties features, now minimum PHP requirement is 7.4

  Read more about this feature at :

  • https://stitcher.io/blog/typed-properties-in-php-74
  • https://php.watch/versions/7.4/typed-properties

Removed

• Bartlett\CompatInfo\Presentation\Console\ApplicationInterface::VERSION constant that identify current version of Application
• deprecated / End Of Life composer plugin composer/package-versions-deprecated, and use Composer 2.2 (LTS) equivalent feature

FAQ

Who are dev dependencies required for ?

    "require-dev": {
        "bartlett/graph-uml": "^1.2",
        "composer/composer": "^2.0",
        "psr/log": "^1.0",
        "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^5.1"
    }

bartlett/graph-uml

Used only by .github/workflows/gh-pages.yml workflow to generate UML graph dynamically (svg images) : See Architecture chapter of documentation

composer/composer

Used to produce a manifest for PHAR distribution with box-project and its patch (see PR 582) with standard box.json.dist file

psr/log

To allow adding your own compatible Logger

symfony/phpunit-bridge

Actually used only with doctor --with-tests command, but will probably be removed to keep only phpunit command

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Read also understand how new version installed is shown

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Version 6.1.0 is ready (examples / unit tests / documentation) : all passed !

• today master branch is equivalent to branch 6.0
• tomorrow master branch will be equivalent to branch 6.1