[RFC]: Extract Filter, Validator and ViewHelper into own packages

[marcelthole]

RFC

Q	A
Proposed Version(s)	3.0.0
BC Break?	Yes

Goal

Reduce the dependencies for this package and focus only on the i18n component and split the additional Filters, Validators and ViewHelper into a separate package.

Background

The composer.json requires as dev dependency (don't know why as dev dependency) these packages:

• laminas/laminas-filter
• laminas/laminas-view
• laminas/laminas-validator

But i only need the translation feature of this package and don't use the other mentioned laminas packages in the project.

Considerations

User have to add a additional composer package if they still want to use these Filters, Validators or ViewHelper.

Proposal(s)

Create 3 new packages

• laminas/laminas-i18n-filter
• laminas/laminas-i18n-viewhelper
• laminas/laminas-i18n-validator

Move the code from this package to the new packages and also remove the dependency to the mentioned packages.
The new packages has only laminas-i18n and for example the laminas-filter dependency

[froschdesign]

The composer.json requires as dev dependency (don't know why as dev dependency) these packages:

In the past, a lot of work was done with soft dependencies.

Considerations

User have to add a additional composer package if they still want to use these Filters, Validators or ViewHelper.

Even if the technical considerations are correct: maintainers have even more repositories to maintain and to update. Please do not forget this!
Example: https://github.com/orgs/laminas/projects/37

[marcelthole]

yeah that's true that this could be more work for the future if this package would be splittet. Thats the reason for this Ticket to discuss this or maybe to add it to your TSC Meeting :)

I'm open for every result. if it should be kept here i would create tasks to make them compatible to the latest versions 👍

[froschdesign]

I hope for automation, then the number of repositories doesn't matter.