Re: unix install paths changed

At 19:09 22/4/2001, Jon Parise wrote:

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:33:50AM +0300, Zeev Suraski wrote:

default php.ini path: now using --sysconfdir option, defaults to /usr/local/etc ("configure --sysconfdir=/usr/local/lib" for old behaviour)

While I completely sympathize with the motivation, I think this has a very high WTF rating. I wouldn't do that on a 0.0.1 change... I don't think it will have that much of an impact, especially with the old --sysconfdir option still being recognized. The other options will also make package / ports building much easier for a lot of people, too. The only suggestion I'd make is that the absense of these parameters default to the "old" behavior until 4.1.?.

This changes the entire picture; I'm fine with doing all of the changes for 4.1. All the same, doing that in 4.0 would be a big unexpected headache for people who already configured their php.ini files, which would suddenly stop working... When you upgrade a major version, you go through the upgrade notes, something which is very common to skip with minor updates. Zeev