Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6449 Updated: Compile Failure on a non-requested gd

> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > >> I have asked this before but never got an answer: > >> Why is gd-extension enabled by default? And mysql? > > > >No real reason. Has just always been that way. At least for gd. > > So could it be changed to be like every other extension is? And mysql too. > (are there others? xml?) > > IMO every extension (=something that extends core?) should be enabled and > compiled ONLY when really wanted. Compiling useless extensions is only waste > of time (and at runtime, memory?). I wouldn't call them useless. > Or is this again backwards compatibility problem?-) Somewhat. People have come to expect things to work one way. The question really is whether or not changing it will cause more or less confusion out there. -Rasmus