Re: cvs: php4 /ext/midgard config.m4

> > >MySQL access functions were in PHP long before it went open source. I'm > > >not saying that Midgard is on the same level of general usefullness > > >but just that the fact that there's an organization behind it > > >doesn't change it's licensing. > > > > MySQL was always opensource. It was perhaps not opensource(tm), but it was > > opensource, before people came along and put rules on what opensource means. > > OK, substitute OCI8, the argument stands. > > > I tend to agree to Colin's statement. I don't see the big added value (to > > everyone involved) in distributing midgard alongside PHP, and one of the > > reasons PEAR was born was for such extensions exactly. > > Not a problem for me. But how is PEAR being made available, then? We still don't have a good framework for having PEAR extensions that contain PHP extensions written in C in them. That was always the goal, it just hasn't been done yet. And yes, I concur with most others here, when that gets finished, the midgard stuff belongs there. -Rasmus