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

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >> 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. I didn't mean it that way. 'Useless' for the user who doesn't use/need them at all. >> 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. I think it would cause a bit confusion at first for old users but with new users it wouldn't. For the new users the way it is now is more confusing which that bug report proves. And having every extension to be enabled only when desired is more logical and consistent than having these couple of exceptions there. They just confuse and propably sometimes are the reason for compile/installation problems, like mysql very often is, as people don't realize that it is compiled in even when they don't use --with-mysql. --Jani