Bankwire Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Build vs. buy/adopt: Provides a Laravel-native integration layer over PaymentCoreBundle, so payment orchestration can be adopted rather than built in-house. It removes custom plumbing (service provider wiring, configuration, container bindings) from application code.
• Feature scoping: Enables payment capabilities (payment method handling, transaction lifecycle, checkout flows) as a reusable platform concern instead of product-by-product implementation.
• Roadmap timing: This is the first non-stable release (v1.0.1). It belongs in discovery/pilot, not on a committed production roadmap. Budget for a spike, place it behind a feature flag, and do not make downstream commitments on its API.
• Use cases: Laravel services that need a payments abstraction shared with a broader PHP/Symfony ecosystem (PaymentCoreBundle); teams standardizing on that core who want idiomatic Laravel bindings instead of hand-rolled glue; prototypes and internal tools that benefit from faster integration.
• Dependency/vendor decisions: Adopting this package means adopting PaymentCoreBundle v1.0.1 and its release cadence. That lockstep coupling is a product decision, not just an engineering one — it shapes upgrade planning and support expectations.

When to Consider This Package

Consider it when:

• You are building on Laravel/PHP and already use, or intend to use, PaymentCoreBundle v1.0.1.
• You want the Laravel integration maintained as a package rather than as internal glue code.
• You can tolerate pre-stable APIs — the release is explicitly "first non-stable," so expect breaking changes; pin exact versions.
• You are running a pilot, prototype, or internal tool, or you can isolate the dependency behind your own interface and a feature flag.
• You need ecosystem alignment — a shared payment core across Laravel and non-Laravel PHP services.

Look elsewhere when:

• You need a production-stable, long-term-supported payments layer with published backward-compatibility guarantees.
• You require PCI DSS scope reduction or a fully managed provider — use the provider's official SDK (e.g., Stripe, Adyen) rather than an early-stage wrapper.
• Your stack is not Laravel/PHP, or you do not plan to adopt PaymentCoreBundle.
• You cannot accept lockstep version coupling to another package's 1.0.x line.
• There is no evidence yet of maintainer commitment, a security disclosure process, or upgrade documentation — all unproven at v1.0.1.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

To executives: This is an early-stage Laravel package that connects our applications to a shared PHP payment core. It could save us from building payment plumbing ourselves, but it is explicitly non-stable at v1.0.1 and tied to a specific version of PaymentCoreBundle. Recommendation: fund a small, time-boxed pilot — not a production commitment — and revisit once it reaches a stable release with a documented upgrade path.

To engineering: It is a thin, idiomatic Laravel adapter over PaymentCoreBundle v1.0.1. Expect API churn and version lockstep. Pin the exact version, wrap it behind our own payment interface, and cover it with integration tests so upgrades stay contained. Validate before committing: configuration surface, error handling, testability, and the upgrade path when either package bumps versions.