Re[2]: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php-src(PHP_4_3) /ext/pdf CREDITS config.m4 pdf.c pdf.dsp php_pdf.h

Hello, Monday, September 13, 2004, 7:52:20 PM, you wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: >> I understand that the PDF extension does not work with the latest version of >> libpdf, however to my knowledge it works fine with the 5.X series of the >> library, which is still quite popular. It compiles fine with PDFlib 5.x but it does not use the new PDFlib 5 features, so it works fine with PDFlib 3/4 only, however you can compile it with PDFlib 5 as long as you use only the PDFlib 4 API's. >> It seems to me that removing a mostly working and a reasonably popular >> extension from a stable tree is not a good idea, especially this late in the >> release cycle. >> >> I think this decisions needs reconsidered or at the very least discussed >> further. > There is also the issue that the new pdflib license appears to be rather > evil. So maybe we should stick with the older version of the library. The new PDFlib-Lite license appeared with PDFlib 5. > -Rasmus -- Best regards, Rainer Schaaf rjs@pdflib.com http://www.pdflib.com Personalize PDF: PDFlib Personalization Server and Block plugin _______PDFlib - a library for generating PDF on the fly________