Re: Re: cvs: php4 / TODO-4.1.txt

On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 08:00:42AM -0400, Sterling Hughes wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > We need to do some thinking about this 4.1 business, before we actually do > > anything. Please don't branch anything at this point - we've had a fairly > > bad experience with premature branching with PHP 3.1. > > > don't worry, I wasn't planning on creating the branch :) > > > We need to get a clear understanding of what's going to be the main changes > > in PHP 4.1, and then shift 99% of the development to it. We've been > > discussing this in the group@ forum, and should now move the discussion > > here. Generally, the main differences we came up with so far are (as per > > Stig): > > - Move most of the non-popular extensions out of the release and into PEAR > > (requires lots of PEAR work to be made) > > definetly :) > > deciding which extensions are non-popular should be, uhhhhhhhhh, fun. :))) One possible way to determine it is to run poll on php.net sites (as well as zend.com ones) where people could select extensions 1) they are working with; 2) they are planning to use when they'll be more stable; 3) they are considering important supporting for PHP itself as well; These three positions will provide enough info to select important extensions, to see 'most wanted' from new stuff. #3 is a check point poll which will allow to make possible errors and personal preferences lower. -- Sincerely yours, Alexander Bokovoy The Midgard Project | ALT Linux Team | Minsk Linux Users Group www.midgard-project.org | www.altlinux.ru | www.minsk-lug.net -- You won't skid if you stay in a rut. -- Frank Hubbard