Re: PHP roadmap

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Stig Venaas wrote: > I too think it might be good to separate some extensions from the core > and use PEAR. It's starting to get too big, they can be released at > different intervals and bugs can be reported separately. Well, I suppose > there was a reason PEAR was made (: I can see how the configure script might be really confusing to newer users. I, however, usually end up completely baffled every time I visit the Perl CPAN. :) But you're right, the ability to release extensions either as a group or individually seperately from the core would be very nice for folks who want to start playing with a new extension without waiting for the next core release or compiling the CVS version. This would complicate things somewhat, however, as a new release of an extension may have internal dependencies on the core that it was built under. Perl modules (written in Perl) and PEAR modules written in PHP are less likely to have such internal dependencies. -John