Handle with Care: Responsible Handling of
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The talk explains how Composer changed PHP package management and then focuses on the organizational and design challenges that remain when managing public or internal PHP packages. It covers package-level design principles: what constitutes a package’s interface, the role of a release policy, and how Semantic Versioning (SemVer) actually works, with guidance for developing reusable bundles and libraries.
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