Intl extension requirement.

README.md

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 Unfortunately branch 2.x in original repository was taken down.
 
-## Incoming breaking changes
-
-The `strftime` function is widely used in the framework codebase. We plan to replace it with `IntlDateFormatter::format()`, this method comes from the `Intl` extension. CakePHP2 doesn't use it, so it would be a **breaking change**. We'd like to start rolling it out in early **May 2024**.
-
-If you have any concerns, let's discuss it under: https://github.com/kamilwylegala/cakephp2-php8/issues/65
-
 ## Why I created this fork? 🤔
 
 CakePHP 2 stopped getting updates in the end of 2019 (AFAIR). Unfortunately in my case it's too expensive to migrate to newer versions of CakePHP. I started migrating to Symfony framework, but I still use ORM from CakePHP (and actually I like it). So in order to keep up with the newest PHP versions I decided to create fork of the framework.
@@ -38,6 +32,10 @@ Here are steps I took to migrate my project through all versions to PHP 8.1, may
 - ~~Due to lack of tests ☝️~~ - **you also need to rely** on tests in your application after integrating with this fork.
 - If after integration you spot any issues related to framework please let me know by creating an issue or pull request with fix.
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- In order to get rid of `strftime()` deprecation notices, it's required to switch to `IntlDateFormatter` class. This class is available in `intl` extension, fork requires `intl` extension to be enabled in PHP configuration. If you don't have `intl` extension, installing fork will result in error. Discussed (here)[https://github.com/kamilwylegala/cakephp2-php8/pull/64] and (here)[https://github.com/kamilwylegala/cakephp2-php8/issues/65].
+
 ## Installation
 
 This repository **is not** available in packagist, therefore your project's `composer.json` must be changed to point to custom repository.

composer.json

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 	},
 	"suggest": {
 		"ext-openssl": "You need to install ext-openssl or ext-mcrypt to use AES-256 encryption",
-		"ext-mcrypt": "You need to install ext-openssl or ext-mcrypt to use AES-256 encryption"
+		"ext-mcrypt": "You need to install ext-openssl or ext-mcrypt to use AES-256 encryption",
+		"ext-intl": "Required to use IntlDateFormatter instead of strftime"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",