From 51371944e1c95b0fa3bc4ed921a366f553938ef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:05:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about not removing the static $installed data,
 refs #9635

---
 src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php
index 88b292ffb..2823e6ec9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ class FilesystemRepository extends WritableArrayRepository
 
             $fs->filePutContentsIfModified($repoDir.'/installed.php', '<?php return '.var_export($versions, true).';'."\n");
             $installedVersionsClass = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../InstalledVersions.php');
+            // while not strictly needed since https://github.com/composer/composer/pull/9635 - we keep this for BC
+            // and overall broader compatibility with people that may not use Composer's ClassLoader. They can
+            // simply include InstalledVersions.php manually and have it working in a basic way.
             $installedVersionsClass = str_replace('private static $installed;', 'private static $installed = '.var_export($versions, true).';', $installedVersionsClass);
             $fs->filePutContentsIfModified($repoDir.'/InstalledVersions.php', $installedVersionsClass);