squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer is abandoned

[LordSimal]

See squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer#3932

Will this package switch to https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer as it is a direct fork?

[kukulich]

Yes.

[bkdotcom]

@kukulich
Should a new maintenance release be created?
My repo requires both phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer and slevomat/coding-standard
if I were to composer install now, composer would puill a version of slevomat that also includes the old squizlabs

[jrfnl]

@bkdotcom As per the announcement:

Note: I would recommend waiting to make the switch until the 3.8.0 release has been tagged. Watch releases on the new repo to automatically get notified of this. The changelog will contain the relevant information for making the switch.

Until a release has been tagged from the new repo with the replace directive in the composer.json, things won't work as expected as the files in the vendor/bin won't be replaced.

[jrfnl]

Update: looks like the Composer package name may not change after all. See this comment and the ones below it and PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer#135

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