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

[Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>] > At 05:03 17/4/2001, Sterling Hughes wrote: > >Ok, let me just see if I understand... > > > >move everything out of the distribution (from mysql popular extensions > >like mysql to hardly used ones like qtdom), and then, come release time, > >package a predefined set of PEAR modules and extensions we want to package > >for PHP4. > > Not really - some of the extensions will remain in PHP. I believe > that the fact that PHP comes bundled with support for some of the most > common Web environment applications is still a serious factor in its > success. It did get into a situation when there are simply too many > not-too-mainstream extensions in there, though, which makes it very > difficult to find a stable point at time to release it. I wouldn't > expect MySQL, Oracle or XML support to be removed from PHP, though. Why not, as long as we put the latest known-to-be-stable version of each back in when making a release? - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway