Re: Re: Suggestion about native DB support.

Derick et al, What about the native DBM support? Nobody answered that part. ----- Original Message ----- From: <derick@php.net> To: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> Cc: PHP Developers Mailing List <php-dev@lists.php.net>; Garland Foster <garland_foster@salutia.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Suggestion about native DB support. > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > > > Garland Foster wrote: > > > I have a strong feeling that it would be a very good idea to ship PHP (*nix and Win) with some native, BUNDLED > > > support for some DBM-files format. It can be very nice to have a native set of DBM-like functions available in PHP > > > no matter the operating system or how PHP was compiled. > > > > > > > I think gettext module is also a good one to be enabled by default > > or recommend users strongly. > > It relies on an external library, so that won't be a good thing. gettext > is not available for every platform, and we are not going to bundle it. > > > > > Most I18N(?) aware PHP applications are not using gettext and > > using slower approch, define messages as PHP vars or constants. > > > > Enabling gettext by default may change this situation in the > > long run. > > Do we need to prevent everybody from shooting in their feet? I don't think > so. Users who need it will find out about gettext. > > > Since we cannot bundle everything, how about have a logo program > > for a standard php installations? If users confirm standard > > requirements, give permission to use PHP standard logo, for > > example. > > How would this help them, and what does it give us (The PHP team)? > > Derick > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Did I help you? > http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist > Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net > All your branches are belong to me! > SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 6/1/02