Re: OS-specific PHP add-ons (was: coding a new module)

>> >   Hi, >> > >> >Is there some sum up of how to code a clean module for php ? >> >> Checkout the SWF module, its current and its simple, go from there> > >This touches on another important issue, which I raise in the hope >of a quiet reasoned discussion and not a minor religious war. I was >happy to read about the SWF module, but when I finally located libswf >at http://reality.sgi.com/grafica/flash/, I was disappointed to >find >that it supports only IRIX, Linux, and FreeBSD. Admirable OS flavors >all, but sadly the one I'm using (Solaris 2.X) is not on the list. >This platform-specificity seems likely to be an inescapable reality >when dealing with the numerous external add-on packages for PHP -- >will we have any attempt to summarize information about these packages >somewhere, so that they are 1) easier to find, and 2) the reader knows >up front if it applies to her/his platform? Sort of a central clearing >house for the external packages? > >Keep up the great work, all -- PHP continues to rock 8^) > >Cheerio, Rick Rodgers I agree. What does everyone think of a packages section of the documentation, where all the packages required for each module are listed and the supported platforms for both the module and the required package/packages are also listed. Sterling P.s.: I'd be willing to work on this.